The Sun. — London, England, 1807-06-04 00:00:00

ODE yoR HTS MAJESTY'S ISql. tY HENRY JAMES PYE, ESQ. F. L. 51 . '1.1. does the trumpet's braten throat Pour forth a martial Sound, Still do the notes - of battle float • ' 'ln warlike Clangor ro►ind ; Nor rural pipe, nor past'ral lay, In peaceful descant hail the day To grateful Britain ever dear.; The thunder of embattled plains, And shouting conquest's choral strains) • , Burst on the listening ear. Yet while Bellona's iron car Whirls o'er th' ensanguin'd piains, 'Mid Hyperborean climes afar Stern war terrific reigns; While, with colossal power endow'd„ The ruthless minister of blood Calls to his scatterd naval host, Go forth, and bid the bolts of Fate On Britain's trembling harbours wait, Shut commerce from her coast : 111. tehold, the sovereign Queen of Isles, The Empress of the Waves, Meeting the vaunt with scornful smiles, The empty menace braves; And see on Plata's sea-broad stream Her banners wave, her bright arms gleam; While, ploughing seas of classic fame, Nile yields once more to Albion's powers, .And Alexandria vails her towers To Gzcacz's mightier name. IV. Firm are the sons that Britain leads To combat on the main, And firm her hardy race that treads In steady marcn the plain : And proudly may her Lards record The victor arm, the victor sword, That drives the foe from Ocean's tide; And loudly too, with fond acclaim, Chant trophied Maida's deathless fame With military pride. Be hush'd awhile each ruder sound, While Britain's grateful voice "lids all her echoing vales resound The Monarch of her choice. Though round the tyrant's hated throne Arrn'd legions form an iron zone, They cannot blunt guilt's scorpion sting, ' While Virtue's sacred shield is spread O'er G tux c s's heav'n-proteled head, The Parent and the King. The decorative additions to Carleton House, under the superintendance cf Mr. WALSH PORTER, have been compared to PENELOPE'S web, as it is said that what is done in the day is undone at night. We do not hear, however,, that the Artist has as many followers as PENELOPE, or that he is likely to obtain at last the proteuion of an ULYSSES. The sister of Lord GAGE, it is said, is about to present her hand to the Earl of ABINGDON. Ascot Heath Races commence on Tuesday next, when more company is expe6ted Amu ever lisps known, on account of the number of matches and sweepstakes. The report that Lord ERSKINE was on the p o i nt of leading Miss DRUMMOND to ' the, altar, is contra clitaed by the friends of that Nobleman. The,sup N posed Bride is daughter of Lad) PERTH, not of Mr. DRUMMOND, the as reported. new Drama has been brought forward onthe French Stage,.which is entitled The Art cif getting Great Men. According to FIR : DING'S distil - 1411°n between greatness and goodnes s , as 'illustrated in his History of Jonathan (hid, the Great, France has reason to boast of its creativepOzvers in tbis respect, since most of its present Rulers are ceetainly7dis• tingoished by stCh qualities as charatierize FIELD ING'S Great Man. CATALAN/ is to be accompanied by KELLY, in. her ensiling excursion to Ireland, as he is to preside Over her musical operations. Such is the anxiety of the people of Ireland to hear CATALAN!, that many persons-in Dublin, who were too proud to let lodgings before, have been in'- duced to do so, in order' to avail themselves of the eager curiosity which prevails on this subjetl, as people are expeeted to flock from all parts to enjoy the performance of this extraordinary Syren.. SeVera! of the paper mills in Scotland which had been stopped, owing to .a combination of the work -5 en, are again at work ; th e p a pe r - ma k ers h av i ng agreed to tae their former wages. The rest, it is expeaed, wilt immediately . follow their example. The Journeymen Shoemakers throughout the me tropolis have struck for more wages, The Public are much surprised that there is not a grater reduction in the price of Bread, as the stocks of flour on hand are now largerthan has been known for many years, and more difficult of sales, though at less p r i ces . Th ere are lik ew i se at the New Docks, and in warehouses on the river side, near 40,000 barrels of American flour, which also cannot find purchasers, and has the good effea of keeping down the price of this article. SUMMER CIRCUITS, do,. 1410 11 vatic—Lord Chief justice of the King's Bench, and the Bon. Mr. Justice Grose. I ' lol4 E —Lord Chief justice of the Common Pleas, and the Hun. Mr. Justice Heath. 0 3t OR D.— Lord Chief Baron and Hon. Mr. Baron Graham. WtsTaati—tion. Mr. Baron Thomson and Hon. Mr. justice Lawrence. ►DL A ND—Flon. Mr. justice Rooke and Hon. Mr. justice Le Bla►ic. kftarNtrN—Hon. Mr. justice Chambre, and the lion. AIL liiirou Wood. MONTE VIDEO. tEXTIZAtT OF A LETTER, DATED MARCIt as.] " Every thing remains in profound mystery in this quarter. The Spaniards at Buenos Ayres are distra6ted by party spirit, which seems momentarily likely to burst into a flame. .A. few days since tlrey attempted to detain by force a boat belonging to, his Majesty's Ship Charwell, having at the unto a Flag of Truce flying, and the matter proceeded to such lengths as to occasion blows to pass between two Spanish Officers. " L11 , 11E115, a Frenchman, Commander in the, navy, is Governor of Buenos Ayres, and the Vice roy is . lu prison, strongly guarded. MORDELLE, another Frenchman, who, from having lost an artu, was better known by the name of MAN.atro, and, was an artful villain, was unqUestionably killed during the storming .of the town: We are in an anxious state iif"expeclancy relstiVe . to Buenos Ayres. From the circumstance of 'several Officers havinglately been up with Flags Of Truce, we may form an , opinion something_ is on the tapir Again, from 'the circumstance of the 9th Re giment of Light Dragoons, who arrived Some time since, not being yet disembarked;, from several schooners and gun-boats being fittedont, andhatter ing cannon and stores, &c. being shipped on board transports, and transports got ready for the immedi ate reception of tt oops, it is natural to conclude offen sive measures are to be adopted. It is : utterly impos , sible for vessels, even frigates; to proceed higher up the river. Of our prospect of success it would be wrong to hazard a doubt. One thousand men, with the support of the men of war, Would be force sufficient to retain Monte Video, which-would, with the Brigade of Seamen 'and Royal Marines, leave near five thousand five or six hundred, say near 600 a, disposable forces to ad against Buenos, Ayres: . ExClusive of an armed mob, or rabble, divided into factious parties, not more than 2000 or 1500 regulai troops are in Buenos Ayres. " The inhabitants of Monte Video are-daily re., turning to their housN, and begin to feel full con, fidence in the English. Our Commander, Sir S. AclimtrrY, is much beloved, and has proved him self highly worthy the command entrusted to him. The Brigade of. Cavalry, under the command of the ,LVZILEY, remains in camp about a mile froth town: ,Several troops of the 17th, moth, and lust, are mounieo, Out, contraey to expeCtation, Very indifferently ; however, horses are daily pro;. cured. "Our army is in general very healthy, and our Wounded recovering. It is a charming climate; and very plentiful. Our beef (very good meat) is about a farthing per'pound, or a dollar the carcass ; fish is 'in abundance; poultry is'beginning to find its way to market, but has hitherto been scarce and dear:— Our English merchants are daily arriving, but com plain at present'of a glut of European goods ; hOw ever, very shortly, when an intercourse with Buenos 'Ayres and the interior is accomplished,. an extensive and lucrative trade must be opened. We are extremely active in shipping the prize goods, of which very large quantities continue hour ly to be - discovered, on hoard of prize ships, fifty-se ven of which were found in the harbour, and have been most scrupulously exact - lined, as tivell to deter mine their q'ualities as- to ascertain their cargoes and to prevent any concealment. We ituderstand they will proceed shortly, under convoy of the Lancaster, to Englnnd. • " Oinpiet Cutter has arrivcj, and a ►uulti plicity drepurts are in circulation. Colonel CHAU- Vultb, with 3000 troops, may be hourly expedecl." ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. " On the 9th Feb,. a Meeting was held of the Bri tiSh'Merchants and Advei turers,when it was resolv ed; that a Memoriiif,Should be presented to the 'Go i'ernor,stating their guevances, and begging . some • indulgence I om the Mode of levying the duty impos ed by the Order in Council. .The AnsWer to • . the IVlemori;A:waS, that the duty must continue to be 'paid in terms df the Order of Council regulating lite Trade of BuenoS Ayres ; but, in Consideration of the circumstances of the Merthants and Adyen= 'tiirers, security for . the Payment of the duty would be taken till they :cOuld make sales-=-41e Governor pi'Orriising:'to state the peculiarhardshipSdt the trade to Administration -; and, to second - his representa tions, copies of the proceedings have been trans- Jnitted home, that th e M erc h ants i n B r i ta i n may a l so pemorialize Government on the subject. The' result ; of this business gave general satisfai.:tion, which how., ever was .soon damped by a. Proclamation to admi t Neutrals .to import wine and'spirits, upon paying t :per cent, duty Japre than the British;idthough mere was a .suificiency in the British. Ships to supply all the demands of the Army and Navy for a consider able period. The etrects of this measure have been of course, added to,the other disappointments of the ad-- venturcrs, for they are obliged to' sell at a very bare , . profit indeed. The retail sale has been briSk,.and the profits iespe&able, when ,the situation of things is taken into view ; but the town was supplied, and . till the capitalfall, nothing very great can be ex peaed., All the North side of the River; however, to Coloqua, has been reduced ;, and it is thought, that as a better understanding begins to prevail be tween the inhabitants and the British, c.onlidence will soon be established. " The departure of Gen. BERESFORD was .re gretted by the merchants in particular, who seemed to entertain a notion of his .disposition being more favourable to Mereantile pursuits than that of Sir S. Actotury, No'resolution„ it is believed, will be taken to attack Buenos Ayres till: a 'reinforcement arrives. The non-arrival of Gen. CRAUFURD has excited both chagrin and surprise." . ASTnoNoM is--Dr. Olbers has written to Dr. Young, Fareigii Secretary .to the Royal Society, announcing his discovery of another new Planet, on the 20th and 30th of March.last. This planet, which he calls Vesta, is apparently about the size of a Star of thealh or.sixih magnitude, and was first seen .Virgo. On the V.tith , of March, at eight hours 21 min. mean time, 184 deg. eight min. N. declina tion 11 deg. 17r min.; on the 3oth, at 12 hours 33 min. mean time, 189 deg. 52 ruin. N. declination 1,1 deg. 54 min. It has since been s ee n by M r . GrOinuhridge, at his. observatory on Blackheath, who says, it appears like; a star of the (a-th tilde, of 'a dtiky colour, sitOr in appearance to the Herschel. LONGTO 71 7 1 V, MAY 27 . DREADFUL THUNDER STORM. On "Monday last, alter a day unuFlotilly hot, Catite on at this place, between eight and nine in the even lug the nioq continued and alarming thunder stopn 'ever retnembeeed by the oldest. inhabitant. The tilshes of the electric fluid were indeed incessant; il luminatibg the whole atmosphere with their extreme eflUlgetue, and accompanied with torrents of rain.. From the commencement of the storm, until near Midnight, the thunder seemed but one continued tremendous peal, without the least intermission, which kept not only - the windoWs; bitt,eyen the walls of the hotses, in constant vibration :'awful deed—but to hint that could contemplate it with a philosophic Mind, grand and magnificent Considerablylouder than the rest was one peal, which seemed to' burSt Upon 'the very roofs of the houses ; when a ball . of tire entered the chimney of a labouring - man, of the name of Scott, which it threw down in every direction, broke a very strong lintel which was over ,the fire place, (the:extretriities of which, Where it was fraOured, in the Centre, were fbrced into a direCtion, so as to point 'straight into the room, like a crane turned upon its pivot)-- drove several bricks from the chimney upon a bed where the poor man's wife lay 'with an infant in [n arms. The child, tor some time, appeared motion less, and the face of the mother was somewhat scorched; but, happily, they are both TecOvered.. The elearic fluid then appears to have diretied its course between the wall arid the cieling, forcing it (Outwards) from its perpendicular, Until it reach,. ed the door, •where it most probably directed its course downwards,: the door being split from the top to th? bottom, as if cut with a saw. Every pane of glass was shivered to atoms, and the flame of the windows throw.v - n into the streets, 'and broken to pieces; scarcely one article of furniture was left in its place. A tin lamp, a candlestick, and a pewter pot, were all melted. An adjacent house also suffered, but not to so great an extent as the other. Part of the roof was torn off, and the walls and cieling, with some fuy niture; considerably injured. A person who lives immediately • under, (the injury being chiefly con:- fined to the upper story) was struck ,to the ground, and for some time remained speechless ; but he is since recovered. So great was the csinsternationof the--three lies, that they can give no distinet account of the matter. All, they can say is, that their houses ap peared enveloped in smoke, and that the smell of sulphur was so powerful, they found th,t greatest difficulty of respiration fol'a considerable time after they had recovered their recolleolion. We hear Of two nr three persons having been struck down by the lightning, but, thank God ! no lives have been lost in this place. Same day the inhabitants of Shap, Westmorland,. experienced the most dreadful thunthr storm that has happened for-tnauy years, 'accompanied wi t h - a heavy tall of s hail-stones, many of which measured in circumfctence three inches and a half. In one house thirty-six pan of Mass were brbken by then), —The same day O'K.ut..Ly's Thermometer, in the open air, stood at 82. Satre day came op at Dumfries, about eight P. M. which continued until one next mornimr, the 'plait tremendous storm of lightning and rain ever seen there, but without thunder. NEIP CASTLE.—The night of Monday se'nn ight was one continued scene of lightning and thunder, but at SO ()Teat a distance as not to cause any serious alarm . to the inhabitants.of this town. On Tuesday morn ing, however, 'about eight o'clock, the storm ap . - proached, and was accompanied by the most tre mendous shower of hail and r a i n ever w i tnesse d perhaps in this country. The rain fell in such torrents, that in the short space of 'fifteen mi nutes the whole town was hi a. state of inuncla tion---,When. it fortunately abated, or the con ! . sequence; would have been,' to. a great" num ber of, persons, beyond the power „of' language dikressing. The uniting of the waters at the foot of the side, from the more elevated streets, was particut lady awful, whence they flowed across the Saudhill to the river with inicornmon rapidity, carrying away every thing moveable that 'fell within their current. Several low room”, shopt, and cellars,' were over flowed, and considerable damage/sustained by some Two boys'were nearly carried over tlae quay by the. force, of the water; but Were fortunately saved, Two men' were struck down by the ping, on Gateshead Fell,• but withdut receiving much injury. At Braneepeth Castle the hot-houses received some damage ; and, at East Ilitint6n; 54 pines of glass were broken in one window, and seve ral in others, by the had ; the rain also ran in such a torrent, as to carry two carts standing by the road side to a considerable distance. Several gooseberry buslieS were turn up by the roots, and the blossom, on many fruit trees entirely beaten off:- , --At Bradley. Hall, : two oxen belonging to Mr. Jackson were struck in a field by the lightning, one of which was killed,: and the other much burned. One man was also: severely hurt by the gable end of a house near that, place being thrown down, and anothet by some of the machinery qt an engine falling on , him.---The! root ot . a Dove -cot, belonging to Henry Grey, ESo.. Of Bambnrgh, was partly thrown _down, and the door pOsts rent. One of the peals of thunder was so loud as to make Bambtirgh Castle shake. A curious circumstance 'occurred at the .White Hart inn, at Guildford, at the close of the EleEtion. Some of the swinish multitude, ntSt . content with drinking as mtich as possible at the expence and liberality of Mr. THORNTON (one of the successful Candidates), pocketed several bottles of wine; which being found to gO off remarkably fast, two Gentle men, suspe&ing some foul play was going forward, placed themselves at the foot of the etairs, and in the pockets Of whomsoever they discovered a bottle, cur off the skirts of the coat, with the pocket and bottle, and sent them the landlord. From shame, or whatever cause, those who had thus their coats Cut, made the best of their way Out of sight ; so that no discovery was made, and the Gentlemen cut off coat-skirts to the number of seventeen ! The timber of the beautiful demesne of Leixlip has been disposed of by the Hon. GEORGE CAVEN DISII to atimber-merchant in Dublin, who has about one hundred men now employed in, felling down near 7000 venerable oak, Ash, and elm trees. EC'JLESIASTICAL CONTEST. The following' curious Anecdote, as reltted by Archbishop BALDWIN, is given it) Sr; , Rick!Aiip HOARE'S valuable Translation of that venerable Pre fate's Itinerary through Wales.—The Archbishop was then Archdeacon of Brecknock. " Having been settled only a few days in his re sidence at Landeu, near Brecknock, after a very la.; borious journey he had taken to correct the abuses that prevailed in the Provinces of Mely enith and Elven, he was surprised by the appear ance of two Clergymen, sent in a great hurry by the Dean and Chapter of that district, to inform him that Adam, Bishop of St. Asaph, was coming to dedicate the chinich of Keri (which was situate on the con fines of the two Bishopricks, but of old had apper tained 'to that of St. David's), and that unless the Archdeacon appeared there in person, nothing would prevent his. taking possession of that church, or even the entire province ; and • they intimated likewise, that if no obstacle intervened, he intended to seize the whole territory between the rivers Wye and Severn, comprehending the. distriCts of Melyenith and Elven. However harassed by his late ex pedition, and dissuaded by his former companions and followers, who, more through fear of danger than fatigue, refused to accompany him, he, never theless, immediately proceeded on hiS journey to, wards the church of Keri. On the'. Saturday he dispatched messengers to two Princes of that Country, Eineon. Clyd and Cadwaihon, requesting them to send some. trusty Men of their -families, provided with horses and arms, to.assst him (if ne cessity required) in asserting - the rights of the church Of St. David, as the Bishop of St. Asaph was re ported to be attended by a strong body ot mep from Powys ; hoslept that night at Lranbist, and. oil. com ing to Keri early on Sunday mOrniug, fhund that two or the 'Clergy, and the partizans of the Bishop, had concealed the keys of the church : these.beiug at length found, the Archdeacon entered the elruch, ,and having ordered the bell; to be rung, as a token of possession, he celebrated mass with great solem nity. In the mean time messengers arrived from the. Bishop, ordering preparationslo be made fur the dedication of the church. .)lass being concluded, 'the Archdeacon sent some pf his Clergy, attended by the Dean of the Province; to inform the Bishop, ".That,if came to Keri as,a neighbour and a friend, he would receive him with every mark of hospi tality ; but if otherwise, he desired him not to pro ceed." The • Bishop returned for answer, " That • he was coming in his professional capacity of Bishop Of the diocese, to'perform his duty in the, dedication of the church.". The Archdeacon and his Clergy met the Bishop at the entrance to the church-yard, where a long dispute arose abotit the matter in ques tioh, and each asserted their respective rights to the ehuch olKeri. • To enforce his claim the more, the Bishop dismounted from his horse, prated his mitre on his head, and taking up his pastoral stall, winked With his attendants towards the church: The Arch deacon proceeded to meet him, accompanied by his Clergy, dressed in their surplices and sacerdotal robes, who, with lighted tapers and up-raked cru cifix, came, forth in ,processional form : at length each began to thccommunicate the other, but the Archdeacon having ordered the bell's, to be rung three times, as the usual confirmation of the sen tence, the Bishop and his train mounted their, horses, and made a precipitate retreat, followed by a great mob, and pelted_ with clods of earth and stones. This resolute condudt of the Archdeacon gained him the approbation of all .present, and. even of tlit Bishop himself, who was a fellow-student with him at .Paris. The controversy at Keri being . thus happily ter minated,.Girahlus wtza, to the King at Northamp ton, and related what hi:d passed between him and the Bishop of St. Asaph, who claimed a parish be longing to the church -of St. David, and which, in at that time (the See being vacant) had lapsed to - the CrOwn. The King commended -the Arch -deacon's conduCt 1 - eSist ingthe claim, oft he Bishop, and excited a generate laughter by telling the story to his courtiers, who were'at that time assembled." On Friday Messrs. MICHAEL and J AMES MoRRAIr, Surgeons, Worthing, accompanied by. Ladies, Lieutenant MAvoR, and a seaman, went to sea in a pleasure :boat, off That place, but onset ving the weather becoming foul, they put about to make for the .shore ; arid jytst at the instant the boat wore, a sudden squall of wind upset her. Very , fortunately the Gentlemen were able to support the Ladies and themselves, keeping hold of different parts ()Nile boat, which did not sink, till they were taken up by'another boat that put off from the shore imme diately on seeing the accident ; and in faheen mi nutes the whole party were happily relieved from their perilous situation, without any material, injury: . . REPENTANCL:-=-A. Woman who travelled as a hawker, bad, twelve years ago; stolen some clothes from the Gleen of Ayr::: she carried them with her toManchester, where she wi:nt and resided till she died. • Three days 'before her death she presented them to her landlady, • told her how'she had come by them, and with sincere anguish requested her to get them sent back to Ayr, dire6ted to •Dr. !and to request him to advertise them, and she hoped every one wouldget their own, as they were all safe and sound. One part of them she said belonged to .a Lady 'in the town, and these were packed up by themselves, and have been returned. The rest lie with Mr. .BONE, who receired the package last week, till the owners shall claim them. ANECDOTE.—Dr: PARR being asked his opinion of certain Northern .Reviewers, who are peculiarly charatlerized by lofty insolence and conteinptuou* asperity, briefly but -smartly lisped from his pon derous wig—" Sir, they are Schoct-boys who have never keen ;4:llipt." One of the fine elms of the beautiful cluster of trees in the Vines of RoChester was blown down by the violent wind on Friday night. Rvery day, almost every hotir, tends to increase the high reputation and charader of the new Grand Military Spectacle of The Brave Cossick, now re , preienting every evening, at the Royal Athphithea tre; with loud and-enthusiastic bursts" of applatise indeed, such an HarleqUinade as Mother Bunch, and such a produCtion as this Piece is (to say nothing Of . avariety of other performances), we will venture , say, ere new; to be seen the course of one 4rici the satin Eveniilg before.