The Sun. — London, England, 1807-08-18 00:00:00

k THE BRITISII SOLDIER. AS SUNG BY Ma. DIGNUNI.) The Soldier,knows that ev'ry ball taut billet bears; r t hetivir doom'd to rise or fall, honour.% all be fears. e his Country 'a all his plan : naw'd and undismay'd. He fights her battles like a man, And by her thanks is paid. To foreign Climes he cheerly goes, By duty only driven ; And when he falls his Country knows For whom his life was given. • Recorded on the front of day, The Warrior's deeds appear ; for him the Poet breathes his lay, The Virgin sheds her tear. Regardless of each hostile aim, Thus NELSON'S godlike mind, Absorb'd, and full of England's fame, To England was confin'd. No selfish views could steal a part, Or add one private care, The bill that rush'd up ni his heart Found ANGLAND seated there. 3, ce Y. , ill L 4 of - C. J. TIIE DUKE OF YORK'S BIRTII-DAK His Royal Highness's Tradesmen had yesterday a grand entertainmeot at the Thatched House, St. jaromi's-street, in honour of the occasion. Upwards of 80 persons partook of a sumptuous dinner -about six o'clock. After the cloth was removed Min nobis Dontine was sung in very tine style by Messrs. TAYLOR, MASON, &C. ticc. Mr. CKANBOURNZ was the Pre.ideut. Among the toasts were, The King, the Queen, and Princesses; the PrinceOf Wales. the Duke of York, and the Army ; with three times three the latter wasarink Arun enthusiasm. The Dukc of Clarence, and the Navy, &e. &c. The evening was passed with much harmony and conviviality. At night the Theatres, the Opera house, the Subscription-houses, aril the residences of the principal Trades-people, were all illuminated. Mr. TAYLOR'S, in Bond-strett, was fancifully n bat and elegant ; D V, a crown, star, and festoons, were the principal devices. THE TusATRE.--i-The new Comedy of Errors 4,xcepted wept off last night with great spirit. The parts are admirably adapted to the . powers of the respective Pertbriners, and they continue to exert themselves with great zeal and spirit. The charac ter of the Landlady, which was performed by the late Mrs. PowELL, was last night. assigned ro Mrs. Gaovs, a new addition to the Haymarket Company. Mrs. GROVE is a young woman, but her talents have generally been exercised in the performance of anti quated females. She is a good aetress, but a little too venement, hasty, and loud. She has, however, merit sufficient to recommend her to the Winter stage.— The afterpiece was Catharine andPetrucltio, in which YOUNG and Mrs. GI !IBS performed Rowell as to detain the audience till the dropping of the curtain, though at a latd hour. Madame CcrAtAtit arrived in Dublin on Wed. 'nesday last, but she Nwas too mach fatigued by her yoyagetto appear on the Saturday following, as had been announced. She is to visit Edinburgh in Sep tember, where the will be accompanied by YANIE• VaCZ. • , • The 'Cork Theatre opened for the season on the 10th inst. with the tragedy of Jane Shore. The part 4sf Hastings was represented by Mr. Pops, who was received with the warmest applause, which, ac cording to report, his performance amply. deserved. Mrs. Powst..t., of Drury Lane Theatre, performed the charader of lllicia, and made a very favourable impression on the audience. This aeiress has, in deed, become very popular in Ireldnd. Miss WAL• STEIN was the unfortunate heroine of the piece, and report speaks so well of her aging, that we won ^' dr.shos.bas not been-invited to the 'London -Stage. • The return of Mrs. JORDAN to Drury Lane Thea tre is likely, according to report in theatrical circles, to produce some high ' feuds, as Miss DUNCAN now considers herself as•the rightful claimant of the range of parts which belonged to the former, and many of which the latter has often represented. 46 When Greek rnet Greek then was the tug of War." It may be expeeted that the University of Lelpsie will not be contented with the simple change of t)xtos into NAPOLEON, but in compliment to France, will proceed to confer new titles on all the Heavenly Bodies. It is, however;surprising that they did not rather give the name of the French Emperor to the planet MAas, on account of his military triumphs, ar.d particularly as ttie planet VENUS would have ,been found so appropriate an appellation in the Im perial JOSEPHINE. Yesterday the Gentlemen composing the follow ing lists waited upon the Chancellor of the Exche quer, in order to prepare preliminaries for the bid ding for a Lottery on Thursday , next : MOM. Rtcn iin so 1, SWIFT, and Co. - Co P and Co. HANLZY s PULLILY, and Co. Bisa anti Co. - WA LSII, N66s tT g and Co. TOW 40011) and Co. A new Lottery Scheme, of a novel nature, which bad been presented to the Minister for his approba tion, was laid before the Contra tors yesterday.' To each of the Lotteries within the year, this Scheme proposes to attach a Supplementary Lottery ; and a certain proportion of tickets in the former were to be entitled to tickets in the latter by way of prize. Some of the Contraaors declared that the new ..Scheme was so intricate and incomprehensible, that they did not immediately see the advantages it pos sessed ; others, again, professed to understand it ex tremely well. A great deal of conversation took place whether the new scheme should be adopted' or not. A length it was agreed upon, that the Getf-. demon should give in their proposals at eleven (*lock 00 Thursday ilex', for, a. Lottery to consist of ep,oco ti,:keti, and the P9ntraBors to be at liberty to adopt Supplementary Lottery or net, iii:therMight" to it expeciient. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. MonoA v.--Mr. D. Radcliffe's Sir David, Bst. blta. agst Mr. FennOr's Hippomenes, Bst. Across the Flat, zoogs. THUKSDAY.—Mr., Lake's Citizen, Bst. jib. agst Mr. Payne's Fa.n, fist. tolb. Two-yr old C. toogs.; • HOVGHTON MEETING. Monea v.—Mr. Radcliffe's Sir David agst Mr. titer's Hippomenes; Bst. 31b. 3oogs. h. ft. Mr. Fermor's Stripling, Ast. toilb. agst Mr. D.Radcliffe's brother to Houghton Lass, Bst. 31b: Actois the Flat, 20ogs. h. ft. Ld SaCkville's Bustard agst Mr. Fermor's Cerbeius, 31b. each. Two middle miles, songs. h, tt. BRIGHTON, Ali6tisr 16. After thelaces at Lewes yeiterday afternoon,'the PRINCE and the Duke of CLARENCE dined with Colonel NEWTON, at his house near Lewes, and re turned to this place about half past nine o'clock. His Highness, a Lady being on the box with him, and Colonel HANGER and another Gentleman in the Dicky behind, drove his barouche to tke mansion of -Mrs. FITZHERBERT, where the whole party alighted. Soon after the Pavilion was brilliantly lighted up, every apartment in the lawn :suif.Of rooms being 'illuminated except 'the Conservatory to the South. An entertainment to a seted, circle of Nobility, Was then given, and several couple were presently on the light fantastic toe in the Egyptian Galrery. Many groups of promenaders were on the Steyne to a late hour, listening to the merry notes of the vio lins as they floated in air iron i the polished circle at the Royal Residence. This morning THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES, be tween eleven and twelve o'clock, sat oti'fbr lands. Report says that His Highness the PRINCE will be absent from town but a short time, and this report is strengthened by the circumstance of the whole of the Pavilion establishment being left here, and no orders whatever issued for any preparations for a sudden departure. It is a curious circumstance, but not less singular than true, that the PRINCE, in visiting the Theatre on Thursday evening, passed through the grounds to the west of the Pavilion, the opening from which is so diredly opposite to the entrance oldie Theatre, that you have but merely the ne4 road to cross to ar rive at the house. It so happen.* that the gate which led from the Pavilion grounds, was shut and locked, and the person who had the key absent. 'The PRINCE called out to his attendants to break the gate open, and in which they endeavoured to obey him, but found themselves unequal. to the task. His Highness, smiling, desired them to stand aside, as. he had no doubt but his strength was sufficient to force the place, though theirs .had failed. In an instant he wrenched the gate from the hinges,. heavy as it was, and, with his party, passed on to the Theatre. We are induced to mention this incident from what . has. been said respeaing tlw. present state of the Pa t tic E's , halt h. To those- Who would still- insist that his Highness is far from well, we would 'merely observe that his strength and spirits, at least, remain unimpaired. _ Very many families took their departure from this town this , morning. Sir Jotikand Lady LADE are . of the number.. One would suppose that Sir JOHN was the inseparable companion of the Norco, as his Highness's arrivals and departures here ever' include his. • The Officers of the South Gloucester Militia pa troiliied the performances at the Theatre last night, and the house was once more filled with elegant and fashionable Company. Earl and Countess" BERKELBY Were ill the PRINCR'S box. A Paper has been laid before the House of Com. mons showing the savings by the removal ofollicers from half-pay into regiments of the line• The Ab• stra& is as follows :-•- In the year-179c 467 Officers. arnountingtoL ll ;4l72 0 -- , :79 0 2 97 -- __ ' 187,683 0 --; :797 80 -_ .- '• 51,684 0 -- t 798 27 -- __ 20.207 0 -- 1799 164 -- -- 1 49, 212 0 -- 1800 40 -- __ - 42.0,14 10 -- 180: 40 • -- -24.5 es 10 -- $8.2 56 __ . -- c 1,209 , 10 -- 1803 l el9 -- -- 817,331 '0 -- 004 168 -- -- 122430 to -118 of 95 -- -- 69,b42 0 -- 1806 43 -- __ 43.435. 0 -- 1807 23 -- -. 20.244 0 Total Nuruber 0f,,, Total Amount of ? Ot&ers S 43 ' 7 Savings - S 42'3'17'229 Among the extraordinary stories said to be in cir culation on the Continent, is the following :—When the tate Cardinal Yoatc was so much indisposed as to atford little chance of his recovery, it is said tht - Cardinal PESCH, BONAPARTE'S Uncle, waited on him, and advised him to bequeath his pretensions to the British Crown to the present Emperor of France. The dying Cardinal, it is said, gave WS consent, and a will was made for that purpose, which was attested by the, Cardinals PAMP6III.I, CONSALVI, and I•escn. Upon the - death of Cardinal YORK, however no traces of - this will could be discoVered ; but another was found, in which the ideceased had absolutely bequeathed' all his rights and titles to the British Thane to thepresent King of SAILDINIA. The story proceeds to state, that the French Ruler was so offended at the disappointment, as to forbid.the masses prepared for the repose of the departed Cardinal. We give this story as it appears in a very respellable Journal; and as it re lates to the descendant. of a family once distinguish ed, in this Country,,but without, however, placing any confidencein it. • The noted ARTHUR O'CONNOR, it is said, after having vainly attempted to unite himself to a distant, relation of BONAPARTE'S Family, has at length married the daughter of Co,snottcsr; one of the. chief promoters of the French Revolutien, and therefore very properly one " o af the victims of that dreadful event. it is difficult' ,to believe that s u ch . a man as O'CM4Nett could, supp o se. ,it possible that he would be permitted to form a matrimonial alli ance with the Imperial Famiti . FriinCe, after the amiable Miss P A TTERSON ‘o4repudi.ited from a branch of it., BeSides the - known principees of 'O'Coitamt_ would render him 'ne TAUttrite :ivitb Bo- H 4 tPAITE, who has etiectuallybeaten down, the sys ,tem,qCjacobiDism at home. „ ; L Canabt.rwell Fair was holden yestittday, , and at -tendedvits usual, by crow-4.ls—trum various parts of Ohw Metropolis. , ~,„ v., EDINBURG-11, AUGUST 13. WILLIAM Baonla.- 7 No event has occurred for many years in Edinburgh which. more, deeply, in terested the inhabitants at the time, than the murder and robbery of the unfortunate Begbie, the Porter of the British Linen Conipaay's Bank, in November last. The prompt and dreadful dexterity with ,which the aei was perpetrated, the almost immediate dis covery of the dead body, and the escape of the mur derer, through a street crowded with people, -before it was dark, form altogether a combination of cir cumstances unprecedented; Nine months have ntiw.elapied since the crime was committed ; 'after the strictest search, no clue hai been found that could lead to detetiioni and the transaction, hoWever deep its impression at ,first, was hastening into .oblivion. On Saturday last ajourneyman mason, in com pany with two other men, in passing, through the grounds of Bellevue:; between the CUstom-honse and Broughton-toll, fotiod, at the side of a hedge, a par cel, containing a quantity of banii-notei, which, on examination, proved to be those of which Begbie. was rubbed, . • The persons who found the notes carried them to the Sheriff's Office, where an investigation is going on. They appear to be large notes only; but, - from the damage many of them-have sustained by the long exposure, the exad sum is not yet ascertained it is said to be above 30001. The sum of which Begbie was robbed was 37001. in cO, to, and 5 pound notes; 240 guinea notes, and 440 one pound notes; the small notes, it is said, are not,in the parcel. Tbeir-Graces the Deice and puchess of BEDFORD arrived here on Thursdarevening from London.. On Wednesday seynnight their GraCes the Duke and Duchess of RICHMOND (says the Irish Packet) 'made an excursion to Bessborough [louse, the mag nificent residence of the Earl-Of MIITOWN, where their Graces breakfasted. The maning.was occu pied in viewing the capital collection of, paintings, which are esteemed the best in 'lreland. After an ,early dinner, to which Mr. LaEsom, a ,near, relative of his'LOrdship, invited several of the surrounding Gentry, the whole party set out to view the beauti ful waterfall of Poula Pouchai froni whence. their Graces returned to Bessborough, and from thence to the Lodge in the Phasnix Park. • . The late Mr. DESENFANS has left his-fine Conn . - don .of Pi6ures wholly to Sir FRANCIS BOWIGEOIS, who, with a laudable reverence, for hisfriend, means to let them remain in their present state: Wednesday last, a provincial grand lodge Was held at the Town-hall, ,Bridport, •Dorsetshire, iy honour ,of the Birth-day of hiS auyalllighttess'the Prince of WALES, Grand Master of Ma,ons iu England; when Brother PARR, D.P. GM. pre- . sided in the absence of Brother JnyrEtty, who was prevented attending by his Parliamentary , .dlties. Several Lodges waited from Dewitt and Somerset, and the meeting was numerously at :tended,. The Brethren after the Lodge was opened, went in regular procession to Church, ,where an ex- . cellent Sermon was preached by 13rothor BRICE, the the Provincial Grand Chaplain ; Brother LaWts . read prayers. After divine service, the Brethren returned in the same ordvi to the Town-hall, where they partook ofachnuer, prepared by Brother SAUN.. DERS. Hannah Anderson was tried at the, York Assizes for perjury, committed in the Court of Quarter Sessions nt Northailerton. This woman, who is 86 years of age, had lived as servant in the family Of the Rev. Mr. JO fi NTSQN, of Kirby-Hill, which she left in August, 1805. She afterwards became pregnant, and obtained from the Attgistrates, on her oath, an order of affiliation against Mr. WILLIAM JOHNSON, the son of her late- master. This order was appealed against, and reversed. The woman was delivered of a male child on the 4th of July, 1806, She swore, that in September, 1805,. Mr. W. JOHNSON had an illicit 'connection with her. But it was positively sworn ,by - , this witness and his brother, that from the 12th'of ;August, 1805, to the 26th of August in'the following year, he resided at Brotherton, in Lancashire, a distance of ico miles from Kirby-Hill, and never went there the whole .-time. The woman was therefore found guilty, and sentenced to seven years transportation. • . L•ONGE VITY.—From the Registers ,of Deaths in the Russian . Empire, during the year 1806, it ap— pears that there died in that period, one between 145 and 150 years of age, 'ene betvieen 130 and 13 .5, four between t 2 5, and 130, six between 120 and 126, thirty-two between 115 and 120; twenty six between Ito and I t 5 ). eighty-six' between 105 and I to, an hundred and thirty-seven between LOU and i 03," and 1134 . between 95 and 10u. On Saturday. last a young man of the natite• SpPect was shet,dead at - Hutton Bushel, near Sear- , borough, by companion,' who was instructing him in the use of arms. It appears that the father of Spence had loaded the gun • in the morning for the purpose of shooting birds, and not hating dis charged it, the piece went off when they came to the order ""Fire!" 'anti lodged its contents ill tlu body of his unfortunate' 'song - who died almost; in.: . stantly. The same day a Lady, •the ,wite'of a very respeaable Gentleman, in that neighbourhood, corn. misted the dreadful ad of suicide. Cardiff Great Sessions concluded without a single conviction occurring at the criminal bar, A cause was tried at these. Sessions, wlierin the Marquis of Bui'c Slid the Earl of DUMFRIES were Plaintiffs, and JOHN JSNIUNTSO Defendant. The action was brought against the Defendant, for breaking down and destroying the wall of a pound, at Llanblethian, in Glamorgansltije.;• but the Plaintiffs, being unable to prove the pound to be their property, were non suited. . .• On Sunday last the roof• of the house of Mr. S. HALL ) of , Skipton,- Yorkshire, Surveyor of Taxes, felt. in with a violent concussion. Fortunately the tamily was from. hoine, and consequently no lives were lost. - Through the exertions of Mr. Gooneti, the Duke of DEVONSHIRE'S Mitt the valuable pro perty of Mr. HALL was preserved without any ma terial damage. • ' 'On Wednesday evening a battle took place in a field adj o ini ng Blandford Park, 'Cambridge, be tween Nathaniel Cross, a shepherd' to Mr. 'Smith, of Walcot ; and William Bolion, son of a resped. able farmer: in-the third round Cross received SO Vi JletA a bloir as to occasion his immediate death. • TO 7iE D 1 7 ,0. OF VIE SUN: LETTER 11. Biitannia sills Stat viribus non arbitiio alien* pendet. Stitril support of our Maritime war against Franc'p . and her dependencies, we are, as I bezan to shtiw in my last letter, well provided with the means of keeping up our superior NaVy. Concern itkg materials, I must further observe, that we have many very large tnanufaaories'for the making of can- Vas in the Province of Bengal, and it is well known that the . coir or rind of the cocoa nut, which abounds io every part 'of India; would supply us with all we can want of very excellent 'Cordage. • rn addition to the ship-timber from Rangoon, in Pcgu, we have woods °l . :prime growth for ship.' building, in the neighbourhood of Prince o f W a l es Island, where several vessels have already been constructed. In Nova , Seotia so great is the supply Of wood, for masts of every size and length, that A commercial man ,lately solicited from Government a contraa to supply there,vitli the Whole British Navy. France has indeed now in her possession all the forests of Germany, and the dock-yards of the Con tinent, with a line of coast from Cadiz to the Elbe, and, therefore, she, may, in the course of time, create for herself ail enormous Navy; ,bitt let it be recolleaed that at least oae. tilled of that navy would be captured and conducted' into Bring; ports; and, already, Pron..ll bettoins make ho trifling proportien of our marine. Be it observed, too, that French seamen are by no means comparable with 'ours ; they are trained and framed in harbours, when? they must tkec.2.sli.ll'ily be Coi;ped up through fear' of the British Navy, whercEii iE known. fa6l that :nothieg Out ,adual . sea %erviee, anal that for a mush tenger perie4 than we shall ever .allow the French be at sea, can forth au efficient inarine--witness the superior 5101 and, 'seri kresim ce . mind in Our alli4 'Ears in the aAiou of Trifiil-ar ,vherein labour ofyears in naval architeeltire, and the Utmost:efforts of er 4 lice and Spain were 'Euitlihil:EtEl in a few' hotirs. Such will ever be, the di , Loin4ttire' of ciplin,..d impart, particularly in iho.,tul wart Fi'ddch discipline;,.and lien tliey ene'ount'6l a British' deer, 'whose searnett itelred to the sere ice,, and seldom,., or but little, on sli.)re, , . With , regard to the present system of bleckaging the enemy's ports I etlectoy ; little„.heege st4 j*. lieve it is in the contemehitou-of. : the I,erd; Corn. missioners of the AelinirititY to alter .it , lot; a stl.rv,ice of less wear and tear.to our •shipping ; gard,.to trade, I.contend kit..t.ki: . 4Y a, 4A:a.rililue war, we shall sutler tar less. ~ittjw,. 441.AVVY, -for our . British ; cruisers pod . tiqadritq l flittti so distress .if not entirelx cut, up Vret)F4 c9ol,4l4irce that their merchants must become baßkv.uptsiAnd their manufaCturies and%treding, tu A i Mitte of ruin on the other hand, whatever fereigu tetras there is, we shell have, it ; cu rrAng,t ilade b, ;re should be War with.Aluerica, iollp , purs,; : pockbe. cause the Continent of Europe, frunt ,lotto usages, cannot Comfortably without t produo ut our manufaaories, and, of our c(iloniesi.mt be )4; , yotiti the power of: the, French Aluter 0 exclude itupelta tions for any great length airline; OVVII ;low, a very lucrative trade is going un tAetwctrt es, and both sides of Spanish America, in spite of every preveotion of the Spanish Govertunent. Oar tlietivitaettires. will find their way over the , Cotitieent„ and the'only.dif ference will be, that the Enemy will be obliged to buy articles dearer than be,tbre; and though it be confessed, that the short end tremendous Wars of Bonaparte have wonderfully enlarged the territory, and proved highly lucrative to the French soldiery, as Wars of pillage i yet a niaritline War at long eon , tinuance will add check to check, and, spread over the Continental Nations such trouble and vexation as may induce revolt. Tito French armies must line their own coats, and, having nothing to do, will waste away in' luxury, end in inglorious ease -7 Smvior annis Luxuria it cubuit viclumque abutirur orbttn. They will becOme arrnie9 of impbtence and' one tempt to their native Country, while we, by Mari time War, shall more and more have strength and power to clap a Naval Extinguisher upon their pride of Conquest and pow brilliant Successes. am, Sir, Hendon, Jay 30, 1807. PRO NOBIS. :About five miles distant &Oaf Bombay . , hi the East Indies, is a small island, which contains one of -the most inexplicable antiquities in the World. At'the foot of a bill, near the lauding place, you see the figure of an elephant, of a natural size, cut coarsely hi stone. An easy slope than leads yoli to the portal of a ina,miticent temple, hewn out of the solid rock. It is an oblong, eighty feet !Ong and forty broad. The roof, which is ten feet high, is cut 'Hat, and' supported by regular rows of pihats, with capitals resembling round cushions, as if pr;:ssed by the incumbent monntain. At the farther end are three 'gigantic'statueS, which were mutilated by the: Portuguese, when this island ' was in their pos session. 'lt now belongs to the English, and is cal led Elephant. July,lii '1895, two tnads were shut up in a; small empty box, and the bOx deposited abotit two fret below the tiwfacv: of the ti:irth, Miore it . was closely co►~ered up;' in July, t anti; the toads were taken up, examined, and 'exhibited all the appearance, of good health ;they were then returned to their subterra neous ahntle„,inclosed in the box.as before—ln July, 1807, they,.were again talten up and examined, and loOked as 'healthy and well 'as they did when first enclosed: in their, dark dwelling, having lived two yeat4 'appai - etitly without 'either food or air. Kirk hamgate, near Wakefield, is the place wire these animals are deposited. A few days since a man applied to a tradesman in Worcester, to have some 'lves struck orb' from a plate which he produced of on of the D u bli n Banks; but after a few were printed, some suspicion arose that this was a forgery, and the man soon after absconded. • , Last week as Pmeee LAM: MAD was haprnaking in a field near Axminster, she jocosely observed, no young man had offered to save the hay with her ; on.thts a man ran after her, and said he would: lw caught her, and they fell together, with such force, that she instantly died. as she never mused or spokt: afterwards. f r !: F: