Star. — London, England, 1824-04-20 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S DLVNER AND BALL. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR gave the usual Easter festival, at the Mansion-house. The dinner and ball wer e upon a scale well calculate:l to sustain the civic hospitality, and the guests were of the thst rank and respectability. At six o'clock the company were introduced into the E g yptian-hall, where tables were laid out for upwards o f 600 persons. The Lord Mayor was supported on his right by his Royal High ness the Duke of Sussex; Lord \V. Russell, M.P. Viscount Ebring ton ; Lord J. Stuart; Ltird Slo, T ent ; Lord M.ant ford ; the Hon. J. Abereromby, M.P. General Sir Ronald Ferguson, M.P. Sir .1. Mackintosh, M.P. J. G. Lamborn, Esq. M.P.—On the left of the Lady Mayoress were the Lord Nlayor'a daughters; the MAIN) of London; the Bishop of Exeter; ltt. lion. Mr. Secretary Cat.ning; Right lion. C. W. Wynn ; Admiral Sir pid.ard Kinl, Bart. Vis• countess Andover; Admiral and Miss Di;thy ; Sir 0. Robinson, Bart. M.P. Sir 'l'., Lady, and Miss I.oomartl: there were also pre sent, Sir C. Trotter, Ban. Sir W. Beechy ; Sir IL Chester ; Sir E.! Stanley; Sir E. Batiks; General and Miss Calcraft ; 3. Searlett, Esq. M.P. Mrs. Scurlett ; J. flume, Esq. M.P. J. C,Orralt, Esq. C.Whitbre , itt, Esq. NI.P. E. Esq. M. W. Haldi mand, Esq. M.P. W. Williams F.sq. M.l'. 3. 13. Monck, Es q . M.P. J. Smith, Esq. M.P. T. F. Buxton, Esq. M.P. W. P.Ilony woo& Fssq• 1L P. T. F. Kennedy, Esq. M.P. 11. Benyon, Esq. M.P. E. J. Littleton, Esq. M.P. R. Farrand, Esq. M.P. W.Smitb, Esq. M.P. M. A. Taylor, Esq. M.P. \V. A. M.alocks, Esq. M.P. the Grcei Deputi e s ; Captain Parry. &r. Ai soar as the cloth was removed, Mtn nabis Minime • was sung by 'Mr. Hawes ' Mr. Terrail, Mr.• Clark, Dlr. Tyne, Masters Wesley and Farndall. The LORD MAYOR then proposed his Nlajesty's health, which was drank with three times three. The health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Yosl was next given, and received with similar demonstrations of respect. The LORD Mayon, in rising to propo.,e the next toast, which was the health of hi Royal Highness the Dake of Sussex, pronounced a warm eulogium upon the character of that illustrious P.inca of the Blood, who had, more than any other ince of the House of Brunswick, mixed amongst the people of this country, and pat ticipated in their sentiments—(.applause). No personage of his distinguished rank had mixed so much with the citizens of London—riche so forward to pro mote all their benevilent and philanthropic objects. His Royal Highness knew and felt, as an Englishman, that the best way of appreciating and securing the af fections of hi. felloa -counti y men, was by uniting and co-operating with them fur the, p: umotioo of the public good, and evincing that pope'. conshiusionai feeling, which acknohledged that theie was no berer authority for power than the sanction of . the people, or security for its legitimate and beneficial continuance than in their affections—(Applause). his Lordship concluded lay proposing the health of his Royal Ilighnesz,the Duke of Sussex, which was drank with three times three. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, in return ing.thanks for the honour which the company had paid him, begged particularly to express his gratitude to the Lord Mayor for the very handsome manner in which he had noticed his chatacter and conduct, and done justice to t!se motives which had influenced him in his connexion with, and attachment to, this great metro polls. Ile could assure the Lord Mayor and the citizens I London, that upon evei y occasion in which his set . ; sires were called for, his fellow-citizens should always find him at his post, ready to obey their hall —(Ap plause). Ile entirely concurred in opinion with the Lord Nla)or, that there could be uo separate interests between a good goveimnent and a loyal people. The interests et the throne, of the country, and of the people were notoriously connected and indissoluble—(Ap /douse). What tended to the dignity of the one, must conduce to the advantage of the other. These interests, when rightly understood, and properly ptac:ised, made a nation really great—placed them in .t position above fear or danger, and so as to be enabled to overcome every difficulty—(Applause). That situation, he hoped, was England's; and it gave him the highest gratifica tion to participate in this festival of the Lord Mayor of a metropolis, whose exertions on all occasions in the cause of philanthropy he had so often proudly wit-' nessed. His Royal Highuess concluded by say ing, that' he should detain the company no further, than by re peating his thanks for the honour which they had done trim—(Applause). The Duke of Sussex, in thing again to address the company, said, that be was permitted to intrude again upon them, for the purpose of proposing the health, of their present worthy Chief Magistrate—(Applause). And in proposing the health of such a man, be hoped, they would allow him to say, that he did it, not from any parade of .compliment, but frond a thorough con viction of the honesty of the distinguished inaividu 1, and the steadiness and consistency which had obtained for him the good-will and confidence of his fellow citizens—(Applause). The merits of their Load Mayor thus introduced, deserved, and supported, had ulti matel), in the high office which he filled, received the sanction of the throne ; .he congratulated him upon . the :attainment of that rank ; he congratulated him also on the present eccasion, upon the presence of certain dis tinguished individuals of his Majesty's Government— (Loud cheers),--who had not only paid a proper tribute to the City, but also done honour to themselves by com ing forward at this festival, and sustaining that sanction which they had already advised the Crown to give to the election - c f the Chief MagiStrate—(Applause). It gave him the greatest satisfaction to witness such an assemblage—to see persons of the highest political con sequence in the Government, attend to pay this mark of respect to the city of London, and contribute to the pre sentation of a compliment in such a manner as to re fleet back distinction upon themselves—(Appiaase)- His Royal Highness concluded by proposing the health of the Lord Mayor, which was drank with three times three. • The LORD MAYOR, in returning thanks for the ho nour which they had done him, said that he felt it quite impossible to acknowledge, in anything like ade quate terms, the mar k cf favour which they had shown him, or to repay the very handsome manner in which thc illustrious personage bad haroduced his name on the present occasion. His public conduct had been long heloie them, and he could retrace it without reproach —(.4pplause). If he were prepared to enter into a re view or defence of his past conduct, this would not be zhe time he should select for such a purpose. 'file mis :epreseraations he had suffered were often the concomi tatits of public life; they were the tax which every man who embarked in it must be prepared to pay; a tax— however he might have grumbled at other taxation— tif laugh)—wb;ch he had never shrunk from submitting to without complaint; he bad aim ays pain: cheerfully. lase illustrious pet son.ige who had done him the honour to propose his health, had alluded to the presence of some of the most distinguished of his Majesty's Minis ters ; an attendance which certainly did honour to the City of London, for there they were assembled to pay respect to the constituted authorities of the metropolis of the British empire, and to acknowledge the station of the City of London, without reference to anything ike personal feelings or prejudices—(ilpplause). As to his own feeling upon such an occasion, he would admit that he kit some concern, if not for himse:t, at least for those.who had done him the honour to place him in his pre s ent situAtion. Ilu vever indifferent he might be supposed to his own personal reputation as a public man, he could not be insensible to that of the corpo: rate body who had returned him to fill the of f ice of Chief Magistrate of the City of London. Placed in the situation which he had the'honour to fill, it was incum- bent upon him to shew his fellow-citizens that he had not altogether discredited their choice—(Applause), and that he was at all times ready to support their ►ights and interests. lie trusted that the few months which had elapsed since he had entered oftice,had not afforded ground for any opiniom that he had been indifferent to the chilies which had devolved upon him; and as to the future, he had only to say, that for what they were to expect front him, they had only to refer to the ,past; they would find him, if he might be allowed to speak more pai ticulatly of his own conduct, always acting with the must rigid impartiality —(Appla rise). He con cluded by repeating the expresf,ion 4,,f his warmest thanks, and in return for the compliment 1N iliCh they had paid him, drinking all their good Ihaltlis. The LAO MAYOR said, that the next toast which he had to propose was, the health of the Right Honourable George Canning, and the rest of his Majest's Minkters.. He (the Lord Mayor) was flee from all r t so:1-41 preju dices, and in that feeling would say, that the Ministers present had, in doing honour to the City of London, done equal honour to themselves, b shewir.g that thry were uninfluenced by any individint! political bias on such an occasion as this civic lestival.—The toast was drank with three times three. Mr. CANNING begged to return his best thanks for the honour they had done him. T;lc Lord Mayor, in alluding to the presence of some of his Majesty's Mi nisters, had truly said, that they were on such an occa sion as this divested of all personal prejudices,• if any such could be supposed to exist. They attended' here to participate in the celebration of the great .corporate fe,tival of this great metropolis, and-to contribute the expresiion of their respect to the concentrated dignity of the City of London—(Applause). In thanking them for the mark of respect which they had paid to his Majesty's Ministers, he begged to say, that the Govern ment assumed nothing for the political measures which ,they had directed; at least, that they put in no claim .to: any advantages which might have been ascribed to their system. But there was one circumstance of which they were and ought to be sensible; that there now existed a confidence and a sympathy beyond all former example between the Government and the People, 'which had led to the present expression of life good ancient feeling and cordiality which it was most de sirable to promote between both for the common good —(Applausq. He congratulated the City of London on the general prosperity of the United Kingdom; he congratulated the Lord Mayor on the present tranquil lity which prevailed, and hoped that- he (the Lord Mayor) would, in his official capacity, continue to hind an auspicious continuance of such an advantage. In conclusion, he trusted that the high station which they had eari:ed by their p'ersevering exertions would be pre -served by a steady exercise of the same means ; and be' 'perpetuated by their knowing how to make use of the credit :lad advantages which they had so fortunately acquited. He apologized for the absence of his noble collealue, Lord Liverpool, who was detained in Bath by ill-health, and concluded by p:oposing Prospei ity to the City or London," which was drank three ti ales 3. TheLOKD MAYOR next proposed the health of ,‘ The Bishops of London and Exeter," drank with applause. The Bishop of LONDON returned thanks, and proposed the health of "the Lady Mayoress," a compliment which the Lord Mayor suitably acknowledged. His LORDSHIP afterwards proposed the health of one of the Members of the-House of Russell, "Lord William Russell, and better health to his illustrious father, the Duke of Bedford," which was drank with great applause. Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, in returning thanks for this tribute, which he felt to be more paid to his family than to himself, assured the company of the value which he attached to such a compliment; and also, that nothing but ill-health prevented the attendance of his father at this festival—(Applause). In the course of the evening the healths of Lord Montford, Lord Nugent, Mr. C. W.' Wynn, Lord Ebrington, Sir Ronald Ferguson, and Mr.- Lambton, %%ere severally given; and soon after ten o'clock the Ladies led the way to the ball-room, where dancing was com menced, and kept up with great spirit .501 half-past live o'clock this morning. • ; A considerable number of persons who had tickets for the Ball, and did not arrive until after twelve, were not permitted to enter, positive orders having been given for that purpose: the disappointed, on a future occasion, may, perhaps, " Remember Twelve !" • TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sta—ln your Paper of this day, I felt surprised at reading a most cruel and unfounded paragraph relative to the unfortunate John Hill Wagstaff, now under sentence of death for forgery, which I must entreat you will do me the kindness to contradict. I can most so lemnly affirm, that he never was possessed of .the sum of £15,000. which it states he received on coming of age ; it is entirely false. In resgard to his having married a Lady possessed -of a handsome for tune, and that he had spent it, so far from that being the fact, I do affirm, that his wife's Lortune was settled upon herself and her child ; and that he never had nor wished to have any power over it. In justice to a beloved and greatly injured brother, I cannot. forbear correcting this base report, no part of which has the least foundation in truth. No doubt, Mr. Editor, it was copied into Toe STAR' from other papers, as it was observe-1 in some previous!) , to yours; but I must beg you will not allow a day to pass without inserting this contradiction, and doing justice to the feelings of a dis:ressed family. I reatain, Sir, his unfortunate sister, II A 1:1t1 ET W AGSTAFF. 10, Coppice-raw, Clerkenwell, April 19, Inc • The article was copied (rum a Morning l'aper.—rsil. Star, - - Gibraltar papers to the 30th March w ere received yesterday. A letter from Tangiers, dated March 21, states that Ben Y'Show, the chief of the province of Garb, has had an engage:Lent with one of the marauding tribes of his district, in which he has lost SO men. Mniev Sheild has given up the siege of Mequinez, and gone to Tafilet, having, it is said, secured in the Atlas mountains a safe place of retreat; while the Governor of the Wack Honclaya, at Mequinez, has sent to the Emperor a con siderable remittance from the treasury at tha: place. One of the Berriber tribes have also submitted 0 . the Emperor, sending their women as hostages to Fez. The Provincial Papers contain more than the ordinary. catalogue of outrages. Limerick appears to be almost as disturbed as at any former period ; but we must re mark, at the same time, that there is a manifest ten dency to exaggerate in some of the Provincial:Journals. Two or three houses have been burnt in different places in this county, and at one place Mr. Ryan's.cow-house, containing eight milch cows, has, with the miserable beasts, been consumed.—Dublin Lvenihg Post. RAMV:ATE, APRIL 19. The King of the Netherlands steam-packet, frnm London to Rntterd.im, with pas,engers, put into this harbour yesterday morning at low water, on account of foul weather, and proceeded on her vovage early this morning. BOIVSTREET-TII IS DAY. John Gibbs, the young man who was remanded from this Offi.:e on Saturday, charged with robbing the hot-house of the Hight lion. •George Canning, :M.P. of a large quantity of vain thle fruit, called sweet water grapes, was again put t.. 1 the bar fur a s:cond esatni nation. In addition to the fot mer evidence, Juhtison, the p.irdeni r. stated, that on his return home he dis:oveted the distioct fu::- marks of three person, and from what he had heard, e: , itpled wit hi former suripiciona, he trained two or Oft::: persons, JOJii st one in whom, in particular, a w irrant would issue. Jantrs DAit, servant to the Duke of Newcastle, also ielentiliot! the prisoner as the nun he met at daylight .111 .saturttly snot nitt i . with the property. This witmss had directed the pi istuier to Mr. Creaves, and after meeting Johnson. gave hint the inforitta.ian which led to the detention of the prisoner, who was .:gain rematried THE 411,111'. —dew— This rnornitT, at nine o'cloc!c, a general muster of the 3d 11.1.t.i. lion of the Ist ltegiment of Grenadier Guards. took place I ) 1 )0.i , .• their Barra( ks, in Bird Cage Walk, Sr. l'ark, wle•ti they were inspected by Colonel Woe:nem:a and wirer Officer; of the llat'alion. On the Battalion forming in litre. the Commandiug Of fic,r, Colooel NVoonrortn, proceetled along the milts, front and and nitnutely inspected the whole of their• arceritrtmont-. clothes, Sce. which appearrd in gocul condition ; and the rni!il% , ry of the rht msolves, wadi seemed all in perftsct lit-alth and spirit,. gave general satisfaction to their superior Offie..r. B dtalion, alter periormin'g several evoltitions wirh the p,reatcst rre ci-ion, sync then dismissed, in the presence of a crowd of spectators. Ili: Royal the Duke of YOIIIC, COrlllll3ffiter in Chief. will to-morrow • Itiorning . iospect in person the stuns Zlataliun, on :he l'aratle in St. 3amt b . , Par k. A detachment of recruits heltrrio7, to the Clth (or 31. York North Riding) Regiment of inrantry emharhed yesterthy from the Lenit•wharf, op board smack., for the purpose of being conveyed to Paisley, where that Corps is at present stationed. • Another detachment of recruits also embarked yesterday front the Leith Wharf,' on hoed smacks, in order to he conveyed to G:aszow, where the head-quarters of the 99th (now.rsaisifig Regi ment of Foot) are at present stationed. The billowing movements are likely to take plate in June, in the Cavalry of the Northern District :—lst Dragoon Guards (the King's), from Edinburgh to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 5d Dragoon Guards (the Prince of Wales's), from Manchester to Ireland; 6th Dragoon Guards (Carbine'ers), from Diblin to Manchester; Ist Dragoons (Royal), from York to Edinburgh; Dragoons (Greys), from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to GlasgoW ; tith Dragoons (Enniskil len) from Glasgow to York. • A Meeting of the Serjeants of the 94th Regiment was held'in Ferguson's tavern, Lawnroarket, Edinburgh, on the 14th instant, by the sanction of Lieutenant .Colonel WIIITK, where a splendid and elegant supper *as provided for them and their friends, con. sisting of the Regimental Setjeant-major, Troop Serjeant-major, and Serjeants of the first Dragoon Guards, also a Serjeant of the Foot Guards, and one of the 65th Regimtnt, the Serjeunt major of the 94th in the Chair. After the cloth was removed the following toasts were dratik.—Tlui King, giren •by the Chairman; Major- General Sir Thomas Bradford, by fierjeant M'Pherson; laird 'Robert Kerr, and Staff Officers of Edinburgh ; Colonel White and Officers of the 94th Regiment; Commanding Officers, and Officers. of the Ist Dragoon Guards ; the Officers of the detachment of the 6.7.tk Regiment ; as also the Non.comnfissioned Officers of the above itegiments. Tice evening was spent with mirth and harmony, and the company broke up about twelve o'clock, and returned to their respective • NAVALIGENCE. The Camden packet, from Falmouth to Halifax and New York (reported to.be missiti.g), was off the latter place the 19th ult. Yesterday, the dispatches for China, by the ship Princess Amelia. were closed at the East India Douse, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. . FaLstoupr, Aram 18.—Wind E. to 1• . to the ACtive, Wes-maze, 'from Palermo. .' . • • Poarsatouris, Aram lb. —Wind N.E.— Arrived the Dolphin, Kitirrr ; and Eliza, Xtizszar, froni Memel. • DC\ 1., A ran.'l9.—.Witid F.S.E.—The following4iessl from s, London, are reported to have passed through last night : 7 IlkliMIZ - W11.1.1A MON, for Demerara; Juno, PRITC FIA al) ; and Ntelpontene; for Jamaica ; Friendship, Dawsom; and Ann, Ricitaitosos, for Quebec; Graces, HALL, for Gibraltar; and Caroline, Siosirs,..for Ilavaimah. The Trial, for JaMaica, is expected from the Eiger this morning. Livzzroot., APRIL IB.—Arrived the Rasselas, Ilataim4, from. Virginia; \Vensley, Dace, from Malta; and Tagus, KliTTLE,frunt Lisbon. . _____ CUSTOM-nobs - F., APRIL 19. SHIPS F.terrarn low Arms—The Stentor, and Sopiiia, from Cal cutta ; Three Sisters, from Rotterdam ; Flying Fish, from Ostend ; Truis Amis, and Tentinia, from Antwerp; Laurel, from Ilavannah; Good Friends. from the South Seas; Friends, from Cartha., , ,uni ; Wilhelmina, from Brussels; Ceres, from Bruges ; Vestal, from Memel; Fortuna, from Dartxic ; Richard, from Marseilles; and Juliana, from Mauritius. ENTERID ()LIMA tins The Hope, for Ilatnhtrrgh Minor, for Gibraltar; Concordia, for Memel ; Charles, for Naples ; and Mai- Werra, for Dublin. • Cutaansa OUTWAans The Fox, for OStend; • Amiable Eliza, . for Havre; Commerce, for Brussel: ; Jane,.for St. Lucia ; Syrene, for Calais; and Rover, for Naples. SHOAL OFF BEACIIY HEAD. • • • East Cowes, April 18, I AN. Sia—lt may probably be of service to the shipping interest in general to acquaint you, that the Royal Sovereign shoal, off Ileachy head, has g rown up very much within these late year; ; so touch that it ougt to be avoided even by the smallest nierehant-vesse:, except at tide times. In 1806, when cruising o ff there in his Ma jesty's ship LEVERET, I had an opportunity of surveying it, and could not find less than three fathoms on it, with heathy-bead W. by N. and Fairleigh E. by N. Last Friday, the 16th inst. I was re turning from Amsterdam, in a merchant-ship, drawing thirteen 'feet, with the wind from the Eastward, and the water tolerably smooth, at half-past seven in the evening, going at the rate of eight knots: to my great surpri, , e, the ship struck ou the'said shoal, but did not stop, only whilst griaditig over the bank, instead of going eight, she went about five knots ; and. after going about a cable's length over the bank, she was afloat ag,:dti, without any injury. At the same time, an English bark crossed the shoal a little to the Eastward of us, but did not observe her strike. It was an hour and a half after low water; so that there cannot be more than ten and a-half feet at low water swipe, tides, with Beachy-head W. by N. a -N. and Fairleigh E.N.E. nr Eby N. N. The shoal istouch larger man is generally laid dowri in charts, aii.l I havu no doubt that this shoal cattalos :he Horse of Wdlingdon and Penisey shoal. I ant, Sir, - your most obedient servant, • . JOHN 'BATES, Master of the Royal Navy, and King's Pilot . . for the North amid Baltic Seas. John Bennett, Esq. Secretary, Lloyd's. The latest leters front Holland are filled with details respecting the new Trading Company, which may be considered a great National Institution. 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Yesterday w.h the day of tl,k ;Itt:!ty. , lgr.tad turn-fro. ; Attd xvi . ,at a I:ively yetesday it as! Tne Very elsfsiseirs theinse.ves !lair sulks, and assisted in rr::k.:rt• the thing surpas.si:i 2 iy and das.y. ' 'the snotning, !natters lank, .f &id ; !.ts pe.lett;ians :een.ed to !,e sather backward in c :yard, and CV: 7 b:....,.111 ()tide! . %% h.tt was E!. Lome of eves ; but towards t eve o'clock every IICIAg was just a. it should lie; aid long fi a fme the stag l,y the li)e, was a rind—was turned out, there was so• fi•.e eVet tr:4, !..een • Sure Nimrod flak% Ituw.er, made war on bracts." Th , :se was `.!r. i.):nnysitts I.)!ake, the el, ysalter, from Sintdscry axe. •on Los&•back, with his duck and all Ins little du. Icings, in a har.dst , rnoshaALlrydan, by the sid? of Tne , e w es Mr. and Mrs. Dabs, and all the little l)abs-s, Isom L-raer hame., , trect ; Mr. Dabs au clervol, ani tie family in an ele:. , ,ant shay, green picked nut black. There wm—but it is impossible for us to in dividualise at shots a notice, and theiefore . we must content ow selves.w ith saying, that all the people of Tv'hitechapel est,tward to liow, and all the lishionables from 11i undsditch, and all the (rant ton of I)tike's-piace and Bevis Masks, were present.— The Gentlemen—many a ohe of whom hired a ;water for the occaion—weie, for the most past well mounted, either on boilers, roarer, sky-scrapers, or daisy -cutters, and the Ladies and little ones in an endless variety of carriages. By one o'clock, P.M. they had all conglo merated in the Forest, nn the brow of the hill beyond2he Bald-faced Stag, and theie they waited the commence ment of the sports—the Gentlemen making the most . of their horses, aad the Ladies making the most of the sandwiches, and every now and then exclairnina— " Dear me! where is the deer ?" But the deer was not to be had at that time; for its owners were making the most of it in Woodford, by exhibiting it at threepence a-head to the curia us; and as the curious could not be all satisfied till nearly two o'clock, it Was nearly two .;clock before the deer was brought to the ground ; and then, as Mr. Drake, the drysalter, said "the tind was so high, the scent voald'ut lay." However, scent or no scent, just before two o'clock the deer hanintal was bfought down from Woodford in a cart, attended by some six'ur seven couples of hounds •-•—harriers and beagles assorted—and two or three hun dred boys, who made the welkin ring with a view - halloo before the deer was uncarted. At length the door of the cart avas . opened, the deer was poked oat; and away she went down .the valley, surrounded by hundreds of horsemen and footmensome before he; and some behind her, all whooping and hallooing pen men ; %% bast the Ladies looked wondering, and the hounds had enoughao do to save themselves from being trampled to death by the horses. ' In two minutes, how ever; the deer had distanced two-thirds of her pursuers, and " which . way is she gone?" was the cry ; butt luckily, at.this moment, a hale started from her form among the underwood by the universal uproar, and took across the open &Arno ; and was soon kiiiesl. What became of the deer was ;or a long time doubtful; but towards tour o'clbck she was found up to her chin in Old Golding's pond—about three miles from where she was started ; and she was brought back tn her cart to Wendt' rd, little the worae for wear. When the fun was over, the sportsmen, sportstsumin, and spot tschildren adjoarred to the diiferent houses on the Forest, where they nan.le themselves jally as possible for an Lour or two, and then returned hortie, surging • " And a hunting we wit: go, • And 3 hunting we Mit go, And a luintiog we win z; .,, o, ea a l l • • At:d a hi i ntip L wewin t o." • • •".. • .GUEIiNWICII. FAIR. • :Amongst the various scu:cea tsf aiausement sish;e! .. .he metropolis and• its ilesent, that e are pea isa none which pos e...more attracti on s for the )sung ,- file of the. hurobler ; s u lk s of life ; I lan the ;ans. is. such a var.ety of e ) .Lertailammu at atiem, so much bustle, and so littkorarstiatiot ; the s er) Lance t;f the promise of mil th—its uppluaci. is the a i as iad fay Oa. • jot men[. There are few, too, i .n SL4 i;:ty which we have alluded, in whose .tries; some one us other of these: scenes is not associated v :th'itasr.auSng recollections, except the very young members ; and' ter them merry prospects are never less iatelesting tilae pleasing retrospectious. . It is said that these tairs ara on the decline.. It may be true, so far as regards their' number; hut if we were allowed to judge from the nail' thud.: of persons at Gieenwich yesterday, we reighz safely Air in that they have not declined in attraction. From an early hour in the day, both the river and the road leading front town were covered with the votaries of fun, speeding towards the spi ightly scene, in wherries, coaches, gigs, cat ts, and, on too.. Their spirits, already sufficiently buoyant, were still farther heightened by the warm rays of the sun, and the cloudless appear ance of the sky ; they wcie, therefore, no sooner arrived, than they eagerly entered upon the various amuse ments of the piste, according to their different tastes. Some, whose Sancy was of an aspiring •cast, ascended the swings, and would have mounted to the very clouds, only, as we before hinted, there weac I,OEO ailoat ; others, whose stomachs and net yes were stosecr still, seated themselves its the merry-go-rconds, and w are whirled round with the velocity of a mail coach-wheel, until their brains must have spun like a n hi: ligig. Then there were those %%hose class :c taste, scorning such homely and physical amusenieots. led thsm at °ace to Mr. Ilichardson's theatre, to w 'tness the ex.conon. O! representati:m we mean, of a ilsonan to(ac sly ! lc: l sth e a r i e i .a Vikti e tr i s, disw ti•c:i. wafer the title /ie Aio . dr or,l'iv of 1 , ; a tint! fal:y !c.a.:sued by the perfUrniance, heath its pa. ts. 4, r• us 1 it, i,;ereq, which, we can saititfrof was to be 14 an hour of trial;' srol as foe deters, we pled e cur selves. e and mur derers ao arca of them. There was ut "cuulse a Oent;fj recni , 4l of natural curiosities, inchi.iing bea.s, r osi,7.ays, rail.., dce. w i t h the Swiss eiastess, , :it the head of them ; tiw•rariuus te:its wt re tilled with those hilarious s t frits; who i ,referrett,shihiting to w ituessing eithihitious, ,:od • . . • •• " • 7 - I.; o„,7dut si 7t .. s t7o 4 re x a a n t other n clown." • • Up.to Ceie. petit:i oi our leaving the fair, ive heard 'of nu serious perasnot atielents. •„. • _ • • : I 1 Ir r