The Sun. — London, England, 1823-10-02 00:00:00

convocation des ancienncs Cortes du genuine, des garatties d'ord re, de justice, ct de bonne adminfstration. Tout ce que laTrance . pourroit faire; iti ri skue.ses ARMS et l'Europe tiere, sera it fait pour consolider cct acte de votre sagesse ;je rie crains pas (le m'en porter 'gamut. J'ai cril devoir ra peller a vase Majeste, et par elle a tous ceux qui peuvent prevenir encore' les maux qui les nienacent, lea dispositions du Roi, mon Onele et Seigneur—Si d'ici cinq jours, ilne m'est parvenu aucune reponso satisfaisante . ; et si vette Majest6 est encore a.cette 1 - )oque privtie de sa lilierti, j'aurois recours ala force pour la lut rendre . Cett x qui Ocouteraient bans passions de . priference 3 hiaret de leu:e pays, reponderout sails du sang gut sera vast?... - _ _ _ Je suis, aver le plus profond respect, •. Monsieur, Rion Frere et Uousin, de votre Majeta, Le' tres afrectionn6 Prere,'Consin et SerViteur, • - LOUIS ANTOINE. De mon Quartier General, du Port Sainte Marie, ce 17 Aout, 1823. • • . . • TRANSLATION. I Sir,: my Brother and Cousin-Spain is delivered from the revolutionary yoke. A few fortified towns now only serve as an asylum to implicated persons. The King, my Uncle and ',Ord, had thought (and events have in.. no wise changed his opinion). that your Afa*ty, restored to liberty, and using de itiency, would think.it advisable to grant an amnesty necessary after so many troubles . , and to give to your people, by the con vocation of the ancient Cortes of this Kingdom, guarantees for the . re-establishment of order, justice, and good administration. All that Fiance could.perforin, as well as her Allies and the whole of Europe, shall be done, in order to consolidate this' act of your wisdom; I do not hesitate myself to beeorrie a gua rantee for it. I thought it my duty to remind your Majesty, and dirough • you, .all those who may still prevent the evils which threaten them, of the feelings of the,King, my Uncle and Lord. If. in five days - hence, I shall not have received any satisfactory aline!, and: if et that period your Majesty should still be• de- Kived of your liberty, I shall recur to force in order to restore to you. Those who should listen to their passions' in prefer cue to the interests of their country, will alone be answerable for the blood that may be spilled.—l am, .with the most profound respect, your very affectionate brother,, cousin, and servant, (Signed) • LOUIS ANTOINE. Front my Head-quarters, at Port St. Marl's, • .• • • this 1.7th.0f August; . 1823. , ANSWER. Siroisy Brother and Cousin"-. 1 1 have, received the letter of your HOyul Ilightiess, 'dated the 17th instant, and , Is in truth %err remarkable, that till now the intentions of my Mother und I:rn'ele, the King of France, iiity`e not been manifested to Me, %%lie:Otis now six . months since his troops invaded my kitio (thin,: and are Causing, in support thereof,. so many calamities t 6 my. subjects. . • • • ' The yoke from which your Royal. Highness pretends to have Oliveri34Spain, never existed, nor ani I deprived of any liberty, than that of which the operations of the French.. Army havb stripptd we. The best manner of * restoring this to me, and of leaving the S:pLinigih people in *session of theirs, would be to respect our rights, as we respect those of others, and that a foreign powsr should cea.Se - to interfere by Means of an armed force. in our iittetnal.affitirs, • ' The paternal sentiments of my heart are, with regard"to my, self, the most secure rule,, and the most powerful stimulus to estimate and seek a remedy for the wants of my subjects. greater guarantee for the preservation of order and justice should be wished by them, with thetn I will agree pn the same, and-in the meantitne let me be allowed to state to your Royal Highness, that what with this view you point out to me is as incompatible with the diOty of my Crown, as it is with the actual state and political situation of things, with the rights, customs, and prosperity of the nation which I govern. To raise up again, after three centuries of oblivion, an institution, so 'varied, .chatigeable, and monstrous as the ancient Cortes of the. kingdom were, in which the nation , was never assembled, and never possessed a true Representntion, would, on the other hand, be • the same or worse than to renew the Stales-Ceneral in France; would, besides, be, insufficient to secure tranquil. lily and public order, without affording advantage to any one of the classes of the State, would , produce the difficulties mid hiconieniences which In former times were experienced, and which have always - been known when this subject has been treated of. ' 1r is , not the King who is the proper channel for the sug gestions your Royal 'Highness has thought it your duty to make neither is possible or just that he should be called upon to:prevent evils which he neither causes nor merits ; this appeal ought rather to be made to the voluntary author of phew:. . 1 wish, together with my nation, that an honourable and solid peace should put an end• to the disasters'of the present war, which we have:ntit provoked, and which is as prejudicial to .France as it is to Spain. I have on this subject communica.• spins pending with the Government of his Britannic Majesty, whose mediation has also been solicited by his Most Christian Majesty, from ~ which I cannot depart, net do I think your !loyal Highness ought. If, notwithstanding these declarations Hmine, force should be abused under the pretext your Royal ighness insinuatesohose who do It will be answerable for the, blood spilt, anti . your Royal Highness will be particularly , so before Ood and man, for the evils you may bring upon my Royal Person and family, and Upon this meritorious City, 41.0 d . preserve your Royal Highness, my brother ana cousin, many years, &c.—Cadiz, Aug. 21, 1223. - ,(Signed) the KING.. . . EXTRACT or A LETTER KNOWN TO CONTAIN TIIE -SI:NTISIENTS OF.TIIF. SPANISH ODVERNMENT AND TILE Estaogas or. THE POPULAR CAUSE., . CADIZ, SEPT. 2, 1823: The . arrival of an AidedeeCatrip from the French head.quar ters with a letter addressed to the King, and the publicity of an answer having been- transmitted thereto, have in some mea sure obliged the Ministers t o al la y p ublic anxiety, by communi cating to those in their confideneethe 'contents thereof, as well as their own sentiments on the communications made; a seed, tice most assuredly clue to the leading men in this place, who have roade every sacrifice in behalf of their- afflicted country.— I therefore hasten to forward to you copies of the Royal Cor respondence,. and therewith I give you the sentiments of our Leaders. Hitherto some doubt might - have hung over the operations as • well ae the intentions of the French in Spain, so much mystery and contradiction have been observed ; the present communi eatioo;-boatevei,-reMoves ell, and' places their conduct in its real pointof view . It now evident andai n deniable that they are nolonger actuated by a wish to introduce pru d e nt and rea eonable reforms into onr existing institutions —the object they have always avowed publicly to the people of Europe and to the Cabinets of the several Powers—hod.' reforms as might give to the supreme authority the necessary force and vigour, thus removing all danger or motives of apprehension to other States e but rather that they are impelled by the arrogant and unwarrantable ambition of gaining possession of the person of the King and mot' his. Royal family, and convert them into in- Aruinente in favour of the views of their own Government, without alloWing the Spanish nation to have any . Consti tution whatever, either moderate or otherwise, or, in "Other Words, laws to govern them e their aim is to plunge the Spanish people into a state of anarchy, misery, and op probrium, by depriving them of every shadow of independ ence, by stripping them - of every remnant of freedom, as well as all .. guaran tees which could secure p ro p ert y and persons. Pe i s si mposed e with an affectation 'of th e ' most re voltjg kind,. thnt the' King is not free, and it is even ate tenipted to sitesteen a f a lsehood, as evident as it is 'a bsurd, in defiance of so many and such solemn declarations of the King himself—of such unequivocal acts of his own, which do away. with all idea of restraint. This langnage is, in fact, held forth, notwithstanding the tranquillity, hitherto uninterrupted, and the good order which have hitherto prevailed in Cadiz, the r e spect shewn towards his august person as well as the per- Omit character and known principles of Ministers. It was the French who' drove die King from his 'palace in ,Madrid ; they drove him from Seville—how then can they pre tend io restore him toerty, when it was they who compelled elm to seek a refuge her e? Where ie his royel power in their f'y es; when they demand that lie should be delivered up tamelyto them, and made subject to their humiliations ? His surrender is the only ex plicit demand made by. the Duke d'Angetileme in his letter ; this is the prdilninaty slue qua nen—all. is to be done iniConditinally. rfhose who feign to believe that a Monarch is not fret, surrounded by hie own countrymen and faithful subjects, conceive that he may be so among foreign troops who have invaded his kingdom, or among those rebels aed traitors who are desolating their Let eland, and covering it with horrors and lamentations- Let Ferdinand the Vllth be feee, said the King of France,. so as to give to his subjects inst.:whips which they Can only receive front him; and the war Shall i ninie di a telyeteaee.'" • The civilized world has seen with astonishment an aggreesion founded on a pretext of this hind, and heard with alarm a shat destructive of the most sacred rights of nations ; never theless the King of France did = ot. say that he would not, con. eider the King of Spain' as being in a state of Reedom till he odds` of French troos • nor did he announce Ids was in-tae intention Of dictating to' hint what'kind of institntions he was ei e' to his subjects. His Generalissimo, however, now takes the King is to be held as free, teniiinTlimself to d e cide , wheee euhjects such institutions as and that lie shall only cto itie may p l eas e the Cabinet of the Tuileries. Ile is eVell told what tied it it i$ only if he adopts these, and no kind they are to be, the co-operation of France and her Other, tatorbdecristi°i-econecte,:eiidate them. And what are these institutions lie is couitnnaded to adopt? Pre.c r i k sey those least the most yto weaken suitable to the dignitiy ef his Crown, dthesetroltoletsPunoivitts7,,d-d:ernietasnitsli the action of the Govermnent, and conformable to the spirit of the age, and the state and existing habits of the nation ; institutions, in short, which could not fail to _create divisions as well as the clashing of parties. •• It amounts to an• ignorance of history of Spain to pro pose the ancient Cortes of the Kingdom as a guarantee for the preservation of order, justice and good .administration. Jtintas, of particular Assemblies in eacliof the three Bistayan Provinces ; different Cortes in Navarre ; other Cones of three distinct classes in Arragon, Catalonia, and Valencia, which for a -long time have ceased to - exist ; others again still very different, in the kingdom of Castile, which never had any settled or fixed form, and which besides experienced great vicissitudes. Such is the bond with which the French seek to unite all Spaniards, and consolidate the Monarch Y.. Hetero geneous assemblies, in which a true representation never existed, in which it was as common to see the men called the attorneys of the 'people, prostituted or sold to the ruling power, as it was to behold the royal dignity outraged and oppressed by the preponderance or ambition of subjects.— Such are the means recommended to strengthen- the authority of. the Monarch, and secure a just freedom to the nation. The idea in - itself is ridiculous, and the proposal of the Duke d'Angotilerne can only be 'understood when taken in the sense meant by the authors of the royal decree of the 4th of May, 1814—an idea in itself too vain to satisfy the hopes of those who reflect. The plan might serve to establish an absolute Government; but it could never answer the wants or wishes of the:Spanish people. The intentions of the French are evident, and hence they established the Madrid Regency, who have overturned every thing that had been done by the legitimate go vernment in the space of three years—that same Government which had been openly acknowledged by the Invaders them selves, and by the whole of Europe. The Spaniards, in fact, are to have ho Constitution whatever ; but they and their King are to bear the yoke it is intended to bind them to. To this extreme do they seek to reduce both the Monarch and his Peo ple. The real object is an indefinite military occupation. Notwithstanding the ardent wisliof the Spanish Government to put an end to this disastrouS war, the only proposal hitherto made to it on the part-of France, independent of the tone and terms in whieh the same is conveyed, is of such a nature that it cannot be accepted without dishonour, the sacrifice of the dig nity of the Throne. and the fate of the nation. It is also clear, that if the threat is carried into effect, on the proposal being rejected, the person of the King and Royal Family may be in danger ; destruction may reach their residence, and all the love andloyalty felt towards them may not perhaps be able to shield them from the anger of men in despair. It' the object of the, French Government was to rid themselves of the reigning family in Spain, they could scarcely have hit on a more suitable mea- I sure than the one they now resort to. The Spanish Govermentl and the Spanish people must and do protest against the result of the violence committed by the French. In the critical situ ation of the Kingof Spain, all the Monarchs of the earth have a decided interest,. and so have all nations, in the emergency in which the Spanish people are at this moment placed. CITY, Mike o'Clock.—Corisols opened this morning at 83n for.the Account, at which.price they are , steady, with little or no .business (king. • Owing to the non-arrival of. Expresses this forenoon from Paris, which is attributed to_the heavy gales of yesterday, we are without infor - mation, and there are not even' any reports on 'Change. Fo REIGN MARKET.—The' chief business trans acting this morning in the above Market is in Colombian and Spanish Bonds. In all other Foreign Securities there is scarce a bargain done. Jamaica Papers arrived 'this morning to the 13th of August, but contain very little informa- tion. (Front the Courant, July 26.) Letters • received from Carthagena, by the schooner' Ann', mention that-the Colombian. forces were in possesgion of Maracaibo. PANAM.L, JULY 6.---fEstract of u letter.)— " Since yesterday the Merchants of this place have met, in 'coniequence of hearing that several strong armed vessels (pirates) were tibUut the coast, and fearing they Weald attack the itne.. gade•with superior force; 4,11a5-been agreed that they Would not ship until the next - opportunity." FrOni the unpisgui:ied manner . whiCh THE SUN! Is • now quoted in . the, French • Papers; we are induced to• believe that the prohibi tion against its. introduction into France has been taken off.. Those of -our friends, therefore, who have been in: the practice of - sending copies of THE Sew into France by private opportuni ties, will perhaps find that it may now be safely transmitted by the ordinary .conveyances. The French Government (164 not condescend' to give any public notice of tits measures which it . adopts respecting foreign journals. . • BA YONNI:, Str'r. Marquess of Ta iaru set out for POrt St. Mary's on the evening of the 17th. We hear that the troops which:besieged Pampeluna are going to be employed in the siege of Lerida.,--The disorder at Pas is:ige seems not to have made any progreks for these two days ; there has been no death since the 21st, and the new cases arc proportionably less numerous. We are however more Indebted to the cool weather than the strict precautions that have peen taken for our security against this terrible scourge, which was so near penetrating into France, for it was mere chance that the in fected ship did not come into our port to repair. The accounts from • Pampeluna do not agree respecting the damage that has been done to the town.; it appears, however, 'that it is not very • great; the heaviest of the• fire was directed aeinst the citadel, which is almost destroyed.. The officers, prisoners of war, who were expected here to-day, have not yet arrived. Our National Guard commenced doing duty yester day ; it has five posts to.oCcupy. • Yesterday His • Excellency - Baron lirwritEn, Envoy Extraordinary and .Minister Plenipoten• fiery to his Majesty the King of PftUSSIA, jointly with M.-N. noTtiscult,o, and accompanied by Mr.'BoNNET, Notary Public, cancelled and de posited in the Bank of . England the amount of forty thousand pounds, in special bonds, of the Prussian Loan, negociated by Mr. N.M. ROTHS.. cum) in 1818. • The Duke of Yo ex, who is on a shooting party at the Duke of RuTLAsn's, expressed his regret, in a very elegant written letter, that he could not be present at the opening of Drur-lane Theatre, last evening.--A private box has y been fitted up for his Royal Highness, in the decorations of which , the Manager, Mr, ELLtsioN, has evinced much taste. DovEtt,Ste.r. 30.—Orders have been received at Dover to send the Arrow steam-packet to Calais on Wednesday, to be in readiness to' receive the Princess AUGUSTA. It is expected that her Royal Highness will embark at Calais, on her return to this country, on Thursday next. Lord ELGIN is just arrived from Scotland ; his Lordship will immediately leave town for Paris, for the purpose of collecting antiques and splendid furniture, with which the Noble LOrd intends to decorate his mansion in the north. THE KING. REJOICINGS at WINDSOR—THE KING'S ARRIVAL. WINDSOR, OCT. 1..-The unruly eleinents here haie dig appointed all our hopes, and overturned all our fond schemes. His MAJESTY comes ; but we shill not be able to display our ardent loyalty and zeal in the way-upon which we have. so long counted. Last night we had a few loud peals of thunder during a storm but of few minutes duration, after which succeeded a clear sky, giving promise of .better things for the morrow. This morning, however, opened with heavy showers and tempestuous gusts of which negatived all' possibility of executing the plans of the day The leading burghers of the town have sat in Committee up to twelveo'clock to hear counsel on' the state of the weather. Every 'deviation of the weather-cock has been carefully, noted, and half-hourly reports faithfully made of every prophetic change in the ap. pearance of the heavens. But all was in vain ; the Members of the Town Council found themselves and their projects in nubius, against which the wisdom , of man availeth nought. The mandate, therefore, for the postponeMent of the . Public Dinner in the Long %%Talk, till to. morrow, was reluctantly given. The state of the ground, besides the exposure to cold and - damp which would have resulted, entirely precluded theexecution of any such scheme for this day. The source of regret, however, is, that his Majesty, who makes his entry to.day, will be deprived of that sight which, no.doubt, would be equallygratifying for the Sovereign to witness, and hissubjects to presznt. The most im patient. expressions of disappointment ark; heard on all sides at the. untoward course which eircurnstance►► have taken. The Ox, nevertheless, has been roasted; an account of which, with the attendant and preceding ceremonious observances, we will here insert, before the later occurrences of the day, ouf of re gard to the order of time. ' - " --)t 4 4P- - - , i. .'',..7744,4 '8.? , 7' ...2 . ( - -- , .0 :4#-,k .:,....`,-- 411;;Fi, -v; ~,;, 4 .: c i. . •— :_ hs ~.1. :._ ll, € __:Z i '' c .. . '"" , „ ~, ' ..1 . ..% .., :., ~l i,. _ , ; 1 /4,1 , . , Q 6.44 ' ..' (` 'l ‘'t ----. ' - ' ‘ "At+/ ' __,* t k Ntic......;,....t.,,,•,..,.,_ x-7 -. r A ' ! . I) CN-- ) 4.-kl. 'or l': - .:!-% 4 .. . ~..c lii fib CEREMONY OF ROASTING THE OX. This imposing ceremonial commenced by the solemn proces sion of the spitted monster between the hours of five and six, on Tuesday evening. 'This part of the business was celebrated with much solemn mimicry, in' form and manner, as by the law of antiquated custom, and the wisdom of our ancestors to that intent devised and established. The animal being first duly prepared according to the craft and mystery of the slaughter house,- his protruding sides and. belly firmly bound and con-, tined within lateral and longitudinal bands of iron, and transfix ed by a mighty spit, strengthened by sundry joists of wood and iron, andadorned with divers bows and streamers of ribbons, is hoisted into a cart, well lined-with laurel boughs, drawn by four young horses. II ere,laidout in the inosebecoming position which the nature of the case will admit, his gilded horns being promi nently exposed, a butcher standing on each side, and the master cook seated at his head, preceded by ainilitary band, the charity school-boys of the parish, two and two with wands in their hands, and marshalled by the town beadles, in state uniforms, with colours flying, and a vast concourse of the people and boys of the place shouting and following in the rear, as he triumphantly paraded through the streets. On the present occasion, the car, copiously hung with laurel, pro. ceeded up the main street to the lively, most' suitable, and orthodoLuir of " 0 the roast beef of Old England 1" . Upon arriving opposite the Castle gates a halt was come to, and an ad dition made to the treasure of the cart of two whole sheep, also decked out for the'sacrifice in.colottred, ribbons. This done, the whole procession and accompanying multitude faced to the Castle and the band changing the tune to the National Anthem ' and the people uncoYered, a fervent prayer was put up for a "Long life to King George the fourth," followed by nine hearty and prolonged cheers, which made the ancient walls of the Castle to echo again • returned with good 'effect by the soldiers on guard within. 'The cavalcade then moved on dOwn the hill to the end of the street which terminates, with the bridge over the Thames, marking the boundary of the parish. In returning by the same route, a halt was made before the house of the Mayor, a respectable Apothecary in Tharnes.strect, where. , three cheers were again given to the tulle of " God save the King." In this manner the tour of the town Was made, and the carcases finally stowed in .Bachelors' Acre, in. the centre of which the requisite .erection of brick work and iron grating had been prepared to dp the last dikes of cookery. The -arrlval.ol 'the hap ay lltroop, with their interesting - cargo, wait noticed by a brisk and w.- , . , - tamed discharge of e m e at• useteights of the, Acre. This, together with a display of tire-works, was kept up far some time. No spot could be better adapted for a scene of this kind, the ground consisting of ,a hollow, commanded on every side by elevated banks, which enabfe 4 the spectator to witness all the proceedings beneath -him with ease. The fire was not lighted before midnight, when the " lteeve•! wa ,, care fully put down amidst the cheers or the populace, and the re peateddischarge of 'the guns width welComed its errival in the Acre. • The spectacle of the itimiense... fire, fifteen fret wide, throwing a vivid red glare upon the busy groupe around, was highly picturesque, as Seen from a short distance. Upwards of a dozen stout men' were engaged to wait lima the spit, and perform its operations, the turning of which was accomplished by the aid of two coach-wheels upon which it was rolled by the means of two men to each wheel. 'The fire consumed at the rate of a sack of coals per hour, but notwithstanding the ex trrordinary heat which this threw out,, .the fire-place in the morning was surrounded by a moat of muddy water from the rain which fell during the night. In this state did the cooks toil throughout the whole of this day, relaxing their speed a little for the -purpose of bringing their work to the table proper ly cooked tomorrow. Irreditmlay TUC KING'S. Alt tt I v A 1. A'r Till? CASTLE. This lond expected event took place at about four o'clock this afternoon.. Attetlf-past one, a squadron of the Royal Iloree Guards went olt to escort his Majesty from the Cottage, and about the dsaiee , same rs e time tna rtelliteed7 intoin f th an e ertrotu• nei im e e ti n e t - of yard,teldine,:v,eorer drawn up on .both sides in rank and .file o rder, ready to re- ceive the Royal carriage as it approached' with military honours.' The remainder of the ground to the Castle outer o grand entrance was kept by the Ilium, as well as the carriege road up to, the entrance of the Long Walk. At half-past two the Mayor and Corporation, attended by all the principal chi- • zens and a large proportion of the populace, set out from - the Town-hall to meet the King. In front of the procession was, the band of the Horse Guards after whom came the - Charity. Boys with wands in their hands, and headed by the pro: per municipal officer's. Then came the Mayor, supported b e y the civil authorities of the town, and followed by the citizens in pairs, also bearing wands in their hands. After these • came the town's ' people in considerable numbers, whose loyalty prompted them to join the throng which was going to welcome their Sovereign. In N. order, with the band playing and colours flying, the People poured out of the town in the • midst of a copious shower of rain which fell at . the time. Arrived at the Long Walk, the caval code was drawn up on the rising bank on either side of the car riage road. Thus formed, the line extended nearly a quarter of a mile in length, . and offered a very pleating appearance to the eye. Townsend wason the ground with aparty of twelve of the most experienced of the London police under his direction. In the baile rows, and on the outside of the Fete, and thence up to the Cagle., on either side, were carriages tilled, with laditai, and horsemen drawn up. Great inconvenience Wes experienced from the exceeding wetness of the gram, u pan which the D e p u t a ti on had to stand . for nearly an hour, during whiehl time. consider able anxiety was manifested with : reference to his Majesty's arrival. Many horsemen, and carriages, containing some of the Royal Household, or bearing gOille of the domestics from the Cottage, furnished matter for speculation on the one topic of interest, till their near approach disel e ated the expectation , which bad been formed. The nature oldie Long Walk stretching to the distance of snipe miles in a waiv in g line before the eye, with its stately avenues of triply planted elms on either side, is limn liarly adapted to furnish such occupation upon an occaeion of this kind. At length a turn of the mad, three miles oil; brought the-Royal Partyin vi,ew• lie comes, he'cornes!" was echoed from all sides. Straggles ru ined to their place': and the utmost order and silence iminediatelY prevailed diroughout the ranks.-His Majeety, preceded and ftillowed by his out.ritlera and the Oxford Blues, advanced in his travelling barouche at a quick . - nace till he neared the procession, wh en he dowdy d ee l enet i hi, se „d, in enter to dratify hitt subjects with a better view of their Monarch. This act Of condescen sion was acknowledged by astounding acelamination e , to the complete discomfiture of the militsrY band,, which at the same moment struck up the nati ona l anthem, othough 'without it chance of being heard. The coloura were lowered, as were also the white wands with which the hands of the front row were armed ; his Majesty gr a cioucly bowing in answer to t h e with loyal salutations h which he wee on every side greeted. The same manifestations of affectionate devotion .marked the Royal progress through the town. The windows and door ways were filled with the fair and the aged, and adventurous boys had climbed the chimney heights. Cambric handker. chiefs were seen floating in the air, Phil la PP i n,g 4 "r, hands and hurrahs resounded far and w ide, t an immense ' crowd pressed on with their utmost speed in the rear, in the hope of intercepting another view of hie Majesty's passage, by taking a shorter cut than by the horse road. Ilts Majeity did not Pass by the upper gate into the Castle, up to which the troorl were ranged to receive him, but by the lower entrance, being the gate which leads to the Deanery. Upon his Majesty's ens trance the Royal' Standard was hoisted 'on - . the Royal Tower, His Grace the Duke of Wellington was in the carriage with' the king. - In the carriage next following his .11Iajesty was his Royal highness the -Duke of .York.,-A great number of carriages from town arrived at the . Castle in : the course of the day with the company which formed his Mti jesty's dinner party this eve ni ng; am on g these we observed Sir C. Long and G. Cockburn. The remainder of the day was spent by all classes in demonstrations of joy of every description. The evenitfg turned out to b e fin e , an d notwithstanding the disap pointtuents of the morning, all seemed resolved to enjoy the plea-, sures of a light heart. in the evening. - Costly illuminations of variegated lamps, with appropriate devices, made the principal Streets as light as at noon - day, anti he were tilled and paraded -throughout the night by a multitude of merry spints, the clamours of whose tongues and the din of their lightsome feet resounded far and near. Many donationt 'were made to the populace ; tending to a dd to the . -general happiness - which pervaded the town. Among these was a butt of porter given by an individual of the name of Adams, who had becomeaffiu ent in the situation of he a d o s tl er to the White Hart The extravagant merriment. excited by this gratuitous butt of liquor beggars description. At nine o'clock a brilliant dis play of fireworks was exhibited in the Long Walk, about a mile from the opening. The night being serene and exceeding ly dark, the effect was beautiful in the extreme. This scene of festivity was kept up to a late hour, when preparations began to be made for the sports of the ensuing day, of which wore anon. rASIIIONABLE ARRIVALS. Sir Henry Oientien — t;ndliii; o:JceTtfen,atiliv' art's Hotel, tower Brooksstreet,' from Broome .Palk, near Canterbury ; Octavius Palmer, Bs+ and Mrs.Talmer, at ditto, from Exe ter ;C. J. Jones, Esq. at ditto, from Surrey • Jo hn Poulett, j3sq. at attp, from Scotland ; Hubert De Burgh, Esq.and the Misses De Burgh, at ditto f froth West-Drayton. PARISIAN VASIIIONS. . • Our elegantes have lately assumed a novel form of bonnet with a fiat crown - and broad brim. - They are Mostly made'of chip, and bound round with a broad turquoise Mao ribbon.-- Gowns of grus de. Ar9ptet, of a light grey colour, are trimmed. with a wreath of daisies or tulips made of satin. Book Muslin frocks are worked round 'the bottom with five rows of Ann flowers; in orange coloured cotton. Some of our fashionables in • have appeared silk gowns, with checked muslin long sleeves and worked muslin cult's, which fall back almost to the elbow. Cambric muslin redingotes, With two capes, trimmed with MM. lin frills in large plaits, are very generally worn. Many bor.- nets are made of gauze and crape, trimmed with vatic and or namented with flowers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER .MEETING. wEiriEnAlr, OCT... Fifty Guineas, free for any horse, titc. four-yr-olds carrying 76t. Ob. five, list. rdb. six, Oat. Mb. and aged, Oat. 8.G., Mr. 'Wyndham's b. h. Centaur, 5 yrs - ... - . -: . 5 1 Mr. Ramsbottoro's h. c. Bay Burton, 4,yrs - ' , 2 Ld G. 11. Cavendih's b. h. Godolphin, 5 yrs • - tlr 3 to 1 on Centaur. The Newmarket St. Leger Stakes, of 25gs each, for. three-yr old colts, Ost. 7!b. and fillies, teat. 4tb..'D.l. Ld Verulant's b. c. Vaurien, by Whalebone, dam .14y Sir . . Peter - ' .: .:. . . - 1 lid Exeter's Zealot . - - D. of Grafton's Talisman - - .:' • - . 3 D. of Portland's c. by Teasdale, out of "Vaultress's dam 4 Seven pd. : , " Bto I . agat Vauricn-5 to 1 agat Zea10t....-5 to 2on Talisman. BLTTING AT. NEWMARKET. • . pElt 11Y. ... . . • 12 to 2 agst.Swiss „ 5 11l to 1 agst Cressida -.,. ' :- 17 to 2 agst Reformer ' 17 to 1 'agst Cydnus. 14 'to 1 agst 'lamina • 50-to 1 agst AI ytton. - DONCASTER rr. LEG ER, 1824. . 10 to 1 agst Alttsidora. ' • - The above was 'the state of the odds at Newmartet .late.on Tuesday n . lght. . . .., . . ROWING. MATCH FOR 24 SOVEREIGNS. This disputed wager between six prize watermen for a purse of twenty-font sovereigns, the gift of Air. Mann, landlord at the , N i 4nllll4ll: 7 l.`tnrtd i ttte ei r r tien ithe y. , 11 :a7cIld tuls at t es 'a . °T.Sirre6sgutwioodn an , o c, n y .. ington and . Farlow distanced their opponnents, and in the grand 'heat, which was. a truly scientific one, the former can didate having, by exertion and strength heeded his an tagonists, maintained hp distance, and finally Won the prize in gallant Another watch for a prize wb.erry, ctid tbe 'Lift of the inhabit tents of. Putney, was rowed for, • and ileedin three heats by Nix young wstermen, and won, after a smart struggle, by .1 übcpb %Volsencroll. • The King of Po RTLIG AL has prohibited. the entrance of all foreign newspapers into his kingdom. The schooner lately purchased by Sir WIL LIAM CORTIS is no'W in dry dock, undergoing the necessary reparation, preparatory to thu worthy Baronet's embarkation for Naples, , to which place, by the , advice of his physicians, be 'will shortly repair, to reMain during the winter Season. . MUNDEN is returned to town from his sea side excursion, with his health much iniprOved. The eleCtion . of one .of . the sixteen Peers of Scotland, in room. of FRANCHI lord Natema; takes place on Thursday-in •the Palace of HolyrOodhouie. ,The number of Scots Peers at the Union in 1707 was about P2O ; at present there are only 90 . Of these, two arc disqualified, being Ca tholies, the Lath of Traquair and Newburgh t ten are tumors, viz. Dukes of Itucclemih and Roxburghe, Marquis (Earl} of Abercorn, - Earls of Itothei',' Winton, Selkirk, and Hoperoun, Viscount Falkland; end linds Elphinstone and Cranston ; and fbur are-Peeresses, the Countesset .Sutherland, lAwdon: Dysart, and Orkney.. The number of Scots Peers, Nia ate , Peers of Great Britain; h 28.=—It ksupposed that the'Eali hf Errol will. be elected ttifillthe Vaci artcy.—(linburgh Cciurant, Ai4Fast 29.) . • • - • - fhe long _disputed quest i o n relating to . tl.n place Of interment of " O Rare 'Jo xso X" in Westruin. ster Abbey, is set at rest for ever. The grave in which Lady WILSON, the wife of Sir ItonEtrr, was. buried the other day, was dug in the Abbey - adjoining . the atone on whiCh. is. 'the Poet's memorable inscription. The root of the coffin of Lady WiLsox rests against the narrow cell, in nhiCh the Piietc. bones were found in an upright condition with the head down wards, the skull and must of the bones were perfect. fls JONSONappeant to have been avery•little rutin: The sloop of war which was dispatched by the' Lords of the Adrhiraity to Frillier, to convey to this country the remains of the Earl of Ilona 'routs, in Leith Roads on Saturday: All the vessels inthe Roads end in theliarbeur hoisted their flags half mast I tth out of respect to the memory of the worthy and lamented Nobleman. The vessel is to pro ceed to-day to Port Edgar ; but as the water is too shallow to allow her to crime close in to the pier, a lighter from the Naval Yard is to accompany her, on which a platform has been erected, for the convenience of landing the body of, Ida Lo r d. ship-4RM nintrgh Coirrani, Avast 2J.) A gen ti tni a l l of considerable eminence in the literary world, is said to have undertaken- to write a Life of George Steevens, the celebrated Commentator on iihakspuve, and the coadjutor of, Dr. Samuel Johnon: George Steevens was an early Member of the Literary ChM. and the associate of 411 the brilliant wits of the last century ; but this distinguished critic suppressed the prostitutionof his talent for satire to Ma levolent purposes, until the majority of those eminent persons with whom ' he associated in early life were dead. • Since the opening of the Caledonian Canal, the increased facility for viewing Our romantic scenery hat attracted' sore visitors, many of them of rank, than has been known for' any preceding period. On Friday last, his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Lippe Daltwold and suite, having arrived .here tho preceding day, proceeded to Vert Williarti,• through the Canal, by the Stirling Steam Packet.-4//tve:ruess.fouratit.) 'ACADEMIC DIA LOGU E.-1 t is said .that the fol lowing dialog-tie lately passed between a great astronoinv7, de 14 Place, and another academician, whose philosophic It at, tainrnents are not reckoned of the first order. The acne of it was in the study of M. de la Place, who was sitting at, his 'table, while his friend, the academician, stretched himself with great rumehaknce upon 'the sofa t—A. " Pray,- de Is Place, wrist is your opinio n o f the Greek pain t box about the impossibility of motion ?" , M. d e l a Pl a c e . " The 4 1 11, ' , of tic word paradox' relieves me froM the necessity of answering the oestion." A. Does mono. then really move in Spam'?" (Stirring himself.) M. de la Place. a Yes Sir • it sometimes moves on a sofa." TIII , I TIIEA.TREg .. - 7 Dautti -- -Liii - r.—Aswe have already copionly described the alterations and improvements which have taken place in this Theatre, we have only 0 add that our private opinion, and that of those who were invited to the opening on Mon 4., day, and to a participation in Mr.-FALISTfIOt 4 ..• hospitality, appeared to be fully confirmed ,by the general sentiments of the numerous audience, Which attended. last _night. The Play was the-' perhaps altogether the best production of its 'departed Author. The performance •, of &LISTON' in Captain Absolute been so often seen as to render eo : comment - necessary, bat' it may be properly observed, that he never supported the part with more spirit, and hardly appeared lesS jave. than for many years back. Dowirosi's Sir %. Anthony, had all his usual humour,-andliaters, rendered Acres hi g hly diverting. W.At.t.Acti:,• was warmly saluted on his entrance in FaUdonc4 and he displayed - the. morbid• sensibility of' the part with great success: We' have. heard-, that the author intended to . represent 411 e anxious delicacy and jealous ',pride of hie:. • own temper in this character. it is certain,, r • we' believe, that in the parts of- Joseph and, Charles in The School for Scandal, he - intended 4n pourtray.his brother in. the former and hitwielf the Careless, - generous, and dissipated Citar•le,-- • Miss L. livt,r.s. returned to 'this theatre iri . the' • • part of Lydia Languish, and displayed evident tuarks of improvement. A .new I name is WA Liam,' was Sir Lucius O'Tr . igger., : atiir:'-' : . heAcquitted himself, at -least, respectably. Mrs, W. WEST was the Jtrlid , and the i well adapted to her talents. Mrs. HARLOWE' hat successfully adopted the line' of eideiiN Ladies i :• and 'her representation of. 'WS —Malaprop gay,. • • full .strength to, all that learned 140 iudicteua trii4takes. Tha ; comedy- was folloWed by a dra • nmtic sketch, entitled Stella and Lentherlungs, • or Star' and a Stroller, Which, aceordin g to report, was, written by Mr. COLON for the purpose of affording new scope - to the tatepta. Of Miss .CLAIIA l'he plot 4'; very . narebeneh' (G. ATTIE) is a country Mora eager, and Lea therlungs is his prhiCip4l to t Stella (Miss C. Ftslicn) is the Slew, a name given • to London' Performers when they are to appear . on provincial boards. Lraihcriungl, indignant repaired, after having performed rate characters, to hold up the train of . an infatrt,; , softened into consent by a Oft of lire from the Manager. -Miss Ftsnett then appeared in her own cliatacterottid, after a short prilindnary, chat.ssith the Manager, assurned successively, its., 'detached 'scenes, the : parts of Panglos, lstalf, Young Norval, mat nattily dettOed her ' hornpipe in Little All' theSe scenesy she supported •witli.. extraordinary proofs of: a due sense" of the respective - characte rs.--. 7 • flatus:l7, in the Stroller, ludicrously supported the dialogue. - The piece: itself Was as good-a, vehicle for the intended exhibition as Was neceJ..... sary, and. at least is a proof of the good-eature of- - the author; who had publicly contrad,cted . . the report that he would 'employ his pen on the.; occasion: -Miss CLAtt A. F . IS. 11 tit ,as we said; gave - strong proofs Of . ...mental precos,' city, but we think that she should: confine her :. self n•-holly to parts Suited to her age. The ' piece altogether was not received very favonr ably. This sketch was follnive . d by a new ILI- - let, entitled Cupid and' Fogy, or the Court Love, which was splendidly. accompanied Ley the ; scenery. Previous to the Play; God 5a1..1.; the King was sung by the vocal performers in general , but Hot with the requisite simplicity which the . solemn National, Anthem, demands. ‘ CnvEstr•(;Attnus.—The play represented last night, on the bppiting of the season, was Much Ado About Nothing, intonded by its title to allude to the recent controversy in the public. -. prints., relative to the dkinission,of Mr. attatst, DON. allusion. of course, was not• itttel- ligible to the' audience. The Performers, sus aK they severally entered, received warm tokens • of public favour. Mr. KEMIILE ve admirable portrait of. Benisdiek, and re.eived very .spirite'tisupport.' from Mitts Cit POT kji." BentriCe. •• • AlitlOTTf. EG EUTON, CON sou, and BAKErt.,,wertlidttly noticed as they entered. in the serious ~characters, _anti ItitEN RIM • ,K,Ert.tv, in : those of, t , ,coutic description. Th 4 wfterp`wce t visa Sos s iita, 'supported hy 'th© excel lent music of StitEl.u, and Miss, M. TREE, Mist . 11,tt.t.A.Nott and CONNOR. resumed' ,their• usual characters, and performed them with their uitnti success. M EIICANT Sllll'l'l NG. ~;, PEAT., OCT . . I.—Wind licfort ; this utorning h carne on to !Awe. excessively bard fr A ir , . • • when several brigs aearls,Fiweign galliot lost anchors, and pro . wetted for Ramsgatc. Ills, .filajtsty's ship, Ramillies +iron, and brought, up again , with three anthors a-itead 4, thc;gaZt broke :thout I e. st., and•the wittil itas now Inte f ltod to the wsit with thlek'weather, and stilt blowing strong in squalls ; h P, the Sceptre, Norfer, for I; ibraltur,lias put back this aftetnotit ' •-• • • a;id remains ; several, oitt , vartl , txtund brigs a.rnl : one ship pi- - hearing up for the Uoivits. ' PctaTssiolve Fr, • er.e: Charles of Totness, with sails split ; and Swift stiam,shin,ti f. col Pfytnotati, with damage to some partof her rntscliincY.t• it blew. a very heavy gale, for some Loots this hannlng ?min AV, to N.W. PJ.I; MO MTH, SEPT. 30.—Wind W.—Arrived the !Avant:: • ..! front London, for St. Kitts; Cornicsllis, ditto, for the Cspe t.T Goo.l Hope ; Trafalgar, ditto; for St. Mary's ; and the .1 4 ,4.- ttus, from Pernambuco, in 66 days. ' • • FAL Al° ty "i• it, SEPT. 30. —Wind W. N. W.. -.-. arrived • : Princess tlitabeth packet, from Jamaica; Oporto parkit, • Smith, from London, for Pert ambtiro. Also arrived the Osborn packet, from the Mediterranean: salami from Oitirkita , the I . 2th inst. Put back the 1)0.1t, Dual, far thy Se9tt? kie.o , 4 in tonscquence.of the Master being ill. • • DREADFUL ouiCIDE BY A 14'011E141H F FMALt morning the neiglihnstrbood of Stir ron into the greatest eons tenni lan utne: ,o isi "„ Ha t" , mined Sitinisico, putting Itn e xtsttlice. notorto • 11 bte wtAMM, it appears, is wif e t o it potican ritie maker, tt tailing in the neignbourliond of Satrron slill. 'Phis incteinx aketit ten , o'clock tshe was observed to heir , a wild mariner, tganl ' she afterws:ds went, into the water 'stoma; sospicion hav a q : boat raised, the door was.foreed,te-ni Kite vii s observed in tt w - I rill in m an n e r, a nner, with in throat tot tianteet freiti eir to ear, the news %eon spread, ut,d etor ds continued st.T. rounding the door. An inquest will beheld , on the body. Another meteor WAS hot night seen to the north of the tit-. It passed in a direction Nut east to west, and for a few coeds, it% spier dour Wf , S very! Sept. 29 )