The Sun. — London, England, 1812-01-25 00:00:00

POETA?. INSTRUCTIONS TO A PORTER.: You, to whose 'care I've now barfsign'd My house's entrance, caution use While you discharge your trust, and mina Whom 5 ou admit and whom refuse. Let not fierce Passions enter here, ' Passions the raging breast that stotm ; Nor scornful Pride, nor servile f ear, Nur Hate, nor Envy's pallid form. Should Ay'nce call—you'll let her know, Of heap'd.up riches I've no store ; And, that she has no right to go Where Plutus has not been before.. Lo ! on a visit hither bent, High.plOrred Ambition stalks abut; But should he enter, sweet Content Will give you warning —shut hits out. Perhaps the Muse may pass this way • And tho' full oft I've bent the knee, And 1%-ng invok'd h..r magic sway, Smit with the powers of harmony ; Alone tho' she might please —yet still I know she'll wins Ambition come; With lust of fame my heart she'll fill : She'll.break my rest—Pm not at home. There is a rascal, ohl and hideous, Who ott, (and sometimes not in vain), Close at my gate has watch'd assiduous, In hopes he might admittance gain; His name is Care—if lie should call, Quick out of doors with vigour throw him; And tell the miscreant, once for all, I know him not- 7 I n'er will know him. Perhaps, then, .Bacchus, foe to Care, May think he'll sure tny favour win; His promises of joy are fair, But false—you must not let him in. llut welcome that sweet Power, on whom The young Desires attendant move, Still flush'd with Beauty's vernal bloom, Parentof Bliss, the Queen ut Love ! 01 you will know her ; shehas stole The -lustre of my Delia's eye ; Admit her, hail her- tor my soul Breathes double life when she is nigh. r then stern Wisdom at my gate Should knock, with all her formal train, Tell her I'm busy—she may wait— Or, if she chuses—call again. JTHE THEATRE.—Tbe extravagant Comedy of The Dramatist was last night revived at ; the 4- eeurn Theatre, chiefly tor the purpose of introducing LEwis as Vapid, which the whimsical repre 6entation of his late father rendered the great mov ing principle of the piece. Mr. [Awls last night foll owed the steps of his father-with great success, an d,.. in charaaers of this w ild an d d as h ing, ki n d h e is 1 " 1 Y to give re-animation to other dramis of a si tnilar nature, which might otherwise remain on the Bh eit; and not be thought worthy of being taken f r o m it. Th e D rama ti s t, h ow e ver , i s di vers ifi e d b y veral charatiers very different from etch other, tad by incidents and situations ludicrous and enter aing. The part of Ennui i s w ell suited t o th e talents of D E C AMP , an d W as pr o m i nent i n his per formance. Indeed the whole of the Performers ar luifted themselves tolerably well, and the Co 111edY and The IPhite Cat, together, filled the eater. : Mrs. SID DONS i s l o h o i s t th e t rag i c s t an d ar d on to ri day next at Edi n b ur gh,. M rs . c4l(Emßi.g was lake leave of the audience of that. city on Monday :IS t for her own benefit, which was expected to be `erY good one, as she was a great favourite g her late engagement. It is said that INcLaboN has renewed his engage- T ent f or three years at Covent-Garden Theatre.— cs h* Maiirigc.l - ; have done wisely in restoring him, I tule*tit' they ,w ere unable to procure a proper substi ". KEMULE was sn much indisposed on Wednesday 1 401 that the play, which was to have been A New B U Y to Pay; Old Debts, was c h ange d to Th e M erry rives of Itindsor. On the same account YOUNG 9 .a his substitute on Thursday, in the part of t It appears that th e n4 bl e P a t ro n s o f t h e i nten d e d 10 °4 ' Opera House, at the P an th eon , hav e engaged I , l a Y a consid era ble s u m w i t h out as e erta i n inetlie i l . 4 "uity of th e i r li cense . I t appears a l so ;t h at the ctihe granted to Colonel GEEviLLE was nbt (mos terabi .e. and that th e C o l one l, w h o was un d e r stoo d Have part e d w i th i t i n payment o f a d eb t, now Zeclitres that h e i n t ruste d i t b y way o f mortgage; ant ! 11 411 Y, though it has- been often asserted, and „ ev er couttadid e d, th a t th e l icense on l y gave per mission for performers under seventeen, many e,re engaged who have very Jong passed their We are hold that the Protestants of Ireland are elog to petition in favour of the Catholi c s Of th a t I;,. un trY• If it were possible for the Pcot es ta n t s i n xr us country to suppose that t h e I r i s h C a th o li cs te u ,'; ll (l have all they require granted,without .con?. t i a '"og the Veto on the appointment of their Eccle heilicji Rulers to th e British C rown , Petitions,'we ' le ve, would pour in to Parhameut horn every place t in th e ki ng d om. A f -t he following occurrence , a l t h oug h . b or d er i ng on e ew l udicrous, is, howevei, said to be a reel fact.— 4 f ro days ago, a chimney-sweeper, being engaged ti o r n Huntingdon to perform the duties of his voca -1)144 the house of Point e r St an l e y, E iq . o f L itt l e l i i 3 X , t °o3 went over-night, in order to . commence Ilims u i osines s ea rly next. morni ng; 4nd had a warm liable allotted him for hi s b e d- c h am b er . S ome b i;:e in the n i g h t , th e b o y was awa k ene d b y a th I lia at the door, and imagining it to be one of e il ervants.,who had come to call him, cried out, 1 1 2' 1 12 a coming."—Not being long at his toilet, Il soon made his appearance, when three fellows, fo tl PPosed to b e h orse - stea l ers, ta ki ng the little sweep 1 ,- r °no of Belzebub's imps, sent t o ( e t c h t h em .r o it-ha s t e to the infernal , regions, immediately s a elpeted off, and no more made their appearance. s ame villains, in all probability, were another -ve u; „ *th e . mg, in that neighbourhood ; disappointed in uto ir predatory purpose. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, 47 t irtioe, having gone to dine with Sit James Do xv.r`eY, at Gains-hall, only two female domestipt th r e lett in the house. In the course of the evening, hall d oor was rappe d at ; one o f t h e servants t u in g, in order to open it, was desired by the other ta 4 W4 it, until she had asked who wanted admit- The woman from an upper window seeing tieo or f our stout f e ll ows near t h e d oor, was on il l ; Point of fainting, but having quickly. recovered, Ay ,r 4 o' into the yard, and tang th e di nner -b e ll , w i t h li,!o violence ; that some of the neigith9urs, sUppo -417 the home to be on fire, flew to give th e ir ass i st , oc le ;au their way they met the I Mains by had AliOnecl the alarm, riding off at mull speed. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL; BY R. BANKS, PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, STRAND. T hermometer. Weathet. 1.. I 4.; 1.: I : . 41 I 1. El 2 . I A IF[P •E - c.l • I - -....................4m.......Pk............... I 8 3 0 5 4 0 4 . 4:. I 4! 0 30.22 pair Cidy. . 1 9 43 45. 47. 39 30 01 Do. Do. 20 41 38. 42. 32 2.9.94 .04 Do. Do. * L I 3 33 5 Ili 9. 32 . : ; 7- 32 I Do. D a . .4 ) I • I 0 2 . Do. Do. * '3 34 34. 35: 133 .90 Cady. Do. 2 4 35 33. 3 6 . 3 0 30.11 1 Fair Fair I II 1 I 1 ----.; 1 in in du is night. OXFORD, JAN. g. On Tuesday, the first 'day of Lent Term, the following Gentlemen were admitted to degrees : Masters of 'Arts —Rev. J ames. Harris, of St. John's College ; Rev. C. Williams, of New Col lege ; and Mr..T. C. finks, of Brazen-nose Col lege. Bachelors of Arts—Rev. F. Rawdon, of Exeter College ; Mr; John Eagles, of Wadham Coilege ; Mr. N. W. Senior, 9f Magdalen College ; Messrs. J. T. Drake and John Foley, of Brazen-nose Col lege ; Mr. D. G. Davis, of Pembroke, College. On Thursday the Rev. Johli Maddy, M. A. and Student in Divinity, of Jesus College, and one of hi s Majesty's chaplains in Ordinary, was admitted Bachelor and Doaor in Divinity. Same day the Rev. John Bond, M. A. and Student iu Divi nity, of . Corpus Christi College, was admitted Bache lor in Divinity ; and on Friday the same Gentleman was admitted to the degree of Doaor in Divinity. CAMBRIDGE, JAN'. 20.—0 n Saturday last, at the Annual Bachelors of Arts Commencenient, 130 Gentlemen were admitted to that Degree. The examilArions last week' were concluded with great spirit and ability, and tefied much credit on the examined and examiners ; a better year not being remembered. The Rev.W.G. Freeman, M. A. Fellow of King's college, was on Wednesday last presented by the Provost and Fellows of that society, to the rectory of Milton, in this county, vacated by the death of the Rev. Thomas Key.—The Rev. John Woodburn, M.A. Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Argyle and Fellow of King's college, was on the same day pre , sented, by the Provost and Fellows of that society, to - the re&ory of _Kingston, in this county, vacated by the death of th.. Rev. J. Pemberton.—On Tuesday !sit the Rev. John D impier, M. A. rector of West meon,. Haw's, was collated, by the Lord Bishop of -1 Ely, to the stall in the cathedral church vacated by the death of the Rev. Dr. Morgan. Amongst the most conspicuous Exhibitions in this metropolis, for the Winter seasoo, we btlieve the Itcyal- Menagerie, Exeter 'Citinge, will stand' unrivalled. . The vast number of rare animals which have Litely b,fen. procured, with the wonderful im provement to the differen t a partments, must exceed the most sanguine expeelation : it is justly observed by the most illustrious connoisseurs in tt.is station; that no one need to wish himself transported to the extensive plains and forests Asia, Africa, &c. to see the choicest produdious of animated nature, while such noble and perfect specimens so greatly abound in the unique assemblage, which for variety, beauty, and perfeation, can challenge any Menage rie in the world. The formidable Rhinoceros, the scientific Elephant, the finest Lion, Royal Tiger, and Ostrich, in nature, are particularly noticed, - amongst a number of other lions, tigers, pantbers, ostriches, leopard, hyaena, Arabian camel, casso wary, etnews i pelican, cirus, crown cranes, vultures, and.setieral new animals; viz. the Tapiir, or Hippo potamus of the ISItiW World, the' Latna'and Vienna or Viguna of the Peruvian Mountains, - the great Ursine Sloth from the East Indies, &c. all in fine health and condition ; will sufficiently prove that such an extensive variety were never before known in.one place ; perhaps, in the history of the worl& A successful operation for the removal of Anew , ' risen his been lately performed in Dublin by Sur geon Kirby, in the presence of Surgeons Hamilton, - Adrien, Halahan, Geoghagan, Auch:nleck, G!bSon, Macartney, and upwards of 100 Students, assembled at St. Peter's and Bridget's Hospital, in Peter-street. We'understand that Denis Healy, whose life has been thus miraculously preserved, endured with sin gular. fortitude the opening of his belly, the pushing of b - mels aside froni their art lament to the spine, and the tying of •the large blood-vessel that lies there. He is now considered out of all danger, and in extremely good health. His recovery is cal culated to inspire those who may lab our un de r Aneurism of the Grctn, with every confidence in thjz Surgical Aft.—(Drdlin Paper.) A melancholy circumstance occurred yesterday at Covent Garden Theatre, during the rehearsal 61 the new Opera : Mr. LACY, one of the performers in the Orchestra,. !miring suddenly expired while en gaged in the necessary preparations for the public representation of that piece. The deceased was the nephew of the late Mr. LACY, formerly joint Pa tenlee with Mr. GARRICK in the Drury-Lane Theatre. He has left a wife and three children. •.. On Tuesday last, at PlyMouth,' a man who stands charged with the - murder of a marine, was apprehended on board the brig Mato, Captain It molls, lying at New Quay. It appears that the per son accused, together with three other men, serted from the Goldfinch sloop of war, on•the night of the aith of September last, and stole the gig from the stern of that vessel, while she lay in Stoneliouse pool; that they enticed the marine, named Isaac Carter, then doing duty on the gang-way, to desert his post and accompany, them, and that when they had got midwiy between the vessel and the shore, they pinioned him, tied his legs, and threw him overboard. John Williams, an American, and Henry Dercus, a Dutchman; the accomplices, are still at large, and for whom a reward of:301. each is offered by the Admiralty. MINGAY,S. Esq." having sikniflea his intention to retire; 95 one of the Chairm,--n of the Quarter Ses sions for NGrfolk, It. PLuntiutE was on Thursday last unaniniously elecled to suc , :e , .:d M. HEABEItt'S illoliOn last night (ThqrSday night), which was likely to have been carried unanimously, was for the appointmeat of a Com mittee " to cohsider by what means the .!utlio rity of Ecclesiastical-Courts might be properly er forced without the process , of excommunication 5" inconsequence of which Sir W. So - oyr ple,',ged .himself to bring in a Bill ) dud Mr. motion, as Well as that of L9rd FOLKESTONE, wiis, of course, withdrawn. On Tuesday se'nnight a meeting was held at the Mitre Inn,' in Bangor, of the Committee appointed to endeavour to prevent the turnpike-road from de;- viating from the city of 'Bangor. Several resolutions were entered into. A petition,- intended to be pre sented to the Chairman of the North Wales Road Committee, was most ably prepared by. the Rev. Dean, and unanimously adopted. On Tuesday, inlorma4ion was received in LoOdon. that two French Office's- had broker' their parole, and escaped from Ashby-de-la , Zouch, and were supposed to have found their way to Town by the Manchester Telegraph in consequence of which, Lavender, accompanied by a Gentleman belonging to the Transport Office, went to the White Horse:, Fetter-lane, where th., coach goes to, and learnt that twe foreigners had come by the 'coach, and that the .went to the White Hart public-house, nearly opposite to the Inn, where they found the same ,men. They pretended to be Spaniards, but this not being sat•isfaCtory, Lavender took them into .a pri vate room upstairs, when they confessed they were two unfortunate ,French merchants, who had been prisoners in this country for several years, and wished to get home . to their tamilies,, and that they had broken their parole from Leek; in .Derbyshire but it did not appear that they had any friends or likely means to etfect their escape. Those from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, who were officers in the army, have escaped. :" About seven o'clock on Sunday night, the . gic; or dressing-mill of . Messrs. Oates, situate near Wood house Carr, was discovered' to 'be On fire, 'the flames spread with rapidity, and a great part of the building, about half, was destroyed, On the alarm the Scots Greys hastened to guard 'he propecrty. On Sunday evening, some villains entered the chamber' -viodow of Mrs. Gray, of Sbaffield Park, during the time she was at •chapel, and 'stripped the beds of all their linen, besides robbing the poor woman of three guinea ,notes, with which they got clear off.—Same night an attempt was made by some fellows to break into the London .Ap prentice public-house, Wektbar-Green, Sheffield, but, a dog in the house giving the alarm, .they decamped without any booty, Many other attempts at robbery have been made at Sheffield during the last week. WATERFORD, JAN. 20.--(1) Saturday, Thomas :Kennagh, charged with the murder of a female at Newratu, on the sth inst. was brought to this city by Messrs. Wright and Chambers, and fully corn milted for trial at the ensuing assizes, by Sir Francis Hassard, Recorder. The mail from Clonmel had previously brOught, to this city intelligence of his arjest, and considerable ero‘A di, awaited his. arrival_ lit the bridge. The unfortunate man, oil horseback, with the .bundle containing the woman's clothes tied 'upon his back, was the picture of wretchedness it- Self. The mob evinced no ferocious exultation at the' prisoner passed .through the streets, but a remembrance of the dreadful clime he had com mitted„ extinguished, for the moment, those feel ings of compassion which so highly and so uniVer sally distinguish the Irish'cliaratier. He folly ac knoWledged 'his guilt in. Carrick,, is perfealy re signed to the fate that awaits him, and appears deeply and duly affected by his awful si'uatiou. When he had signed the declaration of his guilLhe expressed, in strong terms, the relief it had- given him ; and added, that he never had before experi enced one Moment of peace since the perpettation of the murder. When leaving the Magistrate, he in .quired if he might take with him his pass limn the Guards. Checkin g himself, however, he inunedi.ite ly added, " But;of,what use is the pass tome---I shall soon pass into another world ; where,. 0, horror ! I have sent a fellow -creature before The pass was, of course, given to the unhappy man. When the party arrived within a short distance of the fatal s_por', - on their way to town with the prisoner, he raised his head, which had before hung down upon his, breast, and looked towards the heavens-. He then appeared to be greatly agitated. On arriving at the gate, still stained with the blood of his victim, he _ . horned his head towards it, but instantly drew it back, with 'apparent . .hOrror. It sunk upon his bosom, and he never afterwards looked op *until he arrived at the prison. In the evening he !etit for a clergyman, who remained with him a considerable time. He is about 33 years of age, and is a very. handsome man. We hive been inforthed, that he resided, some years ago, in Murphy's-line, in this city ; and that lie is a native of Hospital, in the, county of Limerick. Kennagh was, as described,'a private in theC9ld stream Guards. He is by trade a' ma so n, and had been employed, during the summer, on the iepairs.Of Canton House, by %hid) he had been enabled to save a little money ; and; having procured a pass from the regiment, he set out from London for Bristol, whence he sailed for Cork, with the ilf terition of spending it among his friends in the county of Tipperary. Unhappily for both, as he says, the: unfortunatc. victim of his violence was a passenger . in the same Vessel:llle Prez/- Imnd. He Wai, ne%er married, nor had ever Seen the deceased until he went on board the packet. There, howeVery a criminal connection .took place betvieen . them ; and ; 'on their landing at Cork, she informed him that a small property had been lee: her by her -father, in the North, and that if he would de set t,.and gt, with her; he should have it. To this ; ite says, be unfortunately, though reluelantly, c on se nte d ; al/ft tit's design' brought 'him towards Waterford, in steada:pursuing his original route. His conscience, however, frequently accused him for deserting. He was unhappy all the way from Clonmel to the fatal spot, -whet e, in consequence of an altercation on the subjet - -, be knocked Its companion down with a stick, and at that instant, be says, " the Devj tempted him to finish her," which he aLaordingly did with a stone. POLICE. MANSIOtq , }IOUSE.--Yterdjy, _a decent loot:Tit Man, named Robert - Wilson:, was brought belore the Lord Mayor, charged having stolen two casters worth forty shillings-from the Angel Inn, near 131111 Inn-Moo , sirec , t, tuoor l.ree dlys aoro ; into w Lich he wt, ,1 to take a of tip, or hra:iay and ‘'eater, while the tables were ltd for dinner, and departing; took away the-casters tinperCeived. He was seen to offer them for sale to two different ithersmitiis and a publican, but was arrested in the ad of pais:. ing them away. He appeared palsied in his right side. He was fully committed for trial Cates was charged with stealing tea from the: warehouses of tt-e East India Company, where he was employed. He was deted.ed coming our with some of the tea, wrapped in p3per, and folded up in his handkerchief about his ne c k, whil e a qualr City more of the same tea was found in his ruom iii a chest. , . . The (gicers of the India House detthed him in the !heft, and he only denied the I 'tier part of the charge. Lie- vas committed BOW . 4•STR RET.—A man his resided at Deptford ,for some time past t under the name and title of Sir Edward Perrot!, staling himself to be the Agent of the Admiralty, and.that he. resided in that neigh bourho2d for the purpose of transite.king business relatiVe to that department of Government, by which means he- has iiradised impositions in several instances. A woman 'of the name Of-- - Eli zab6. Bullen, applied to him to procure an Admiralty prote6lion tor her husband, lie ha'ving ben in the merchant service, and could not go about' his busi:- ness for fear of being impressed, which he aeeed to ; and a few days after produced her a'preterided protection, written on a skin of parchment, with 'an Admiralty seal on it, 'which no doubt had been taken off an official - instrument; and pasted on the pretended protedion: At the tirot tie delivered it to her, he gave her a bill of the charge, amounting to 601. in dliferent items for •Parehment, writing; - different.fe, &c. Mrs..Bullen did not expect, :(.tr was' she prepared to pay so large a sum; but she paid hi m 231. I 3i. 9 I. in part, and gave a large otra hogany dining-table and chest of drawers as seduri y for the rest. Re read her a' letter, pretending it to be sent to him -from the Admiralty, saying, the charg..sfor the proteEtion were very reasonable. Mrs. Bullen's husillsand then went about his business in fancied security, a ,, d was impressed, the pretended protedion being treated Willi ridicule. •Mrs. Bul• - •• len in conseqnence applied to Sir Edward Perrot t, Who said there must be some . error in the ptotection, and desired to see it ; and on her giving it td Ile refused to let her have it again, and destroyed it. She not being able to obtain any redress, pp.. - . plied to a .Magistrate in that neighbourhood, who iintuedi - ately, saw the imposition, • and dispatched three a&liog constables, who took the self-created Knight, into custody, and -carried_ bins b,lne she Magistrate, who communicated the Lcircumsfance to the Board of Admiralty, and sent • Sayers, ,the Bow street officer, to make inquities, and he, with the other constables who had taken the impostor. into , custody, learned that his real name was Edward Perrott, and his tile assumed. On searching his house, they found a copy of the pretended,protedion. - He stands committed. Sn A nUrrit.E. OFrica.—..dnn Christaphef was fully committed for trial, charged with stealing a guano tity of wearing apparel, the property of Mrs. Jansen , of Mill Wall, Poplat ,—The prisoner had been . em ployed as a,washerwoman, and in the absence of the inis'r&sa of the house,. had contrived ro put.. loin the. articles, and escape., She was traced shor4ls7, iiffrwards to t.ite watch-house in Poplar, when the property was found concealed round her body. Mary, S►nilh .2nd Mary Davis *ere committed for trial, Charged with uttering and passing coun• terfeit Bank' tokens for three shillings. They were apprehended by Partridge, the Officer, In the act of passing one (or the purchase of bread, in the shop of a baker - . The Officer immediately took them Into otutcoly, and on searching their persons a number of three-shilling Bank tokens were found, all of them counterfeits. . LTNtotc-ITIAct.,--Hatton leh, and Clark ) the three men in custody on suspicion of haling been concerned in the attempt a! robbery at Mr. Pryot's were again examined, and Sarah Wilkins not being able tatideptify .them, they were discharged. • • On.t.l*-ntorning of the day•on which the robbery Was. attempted, Mr;.'l'iyor missed the keY out of the shop door, and searched all over the shop tor it, but uithout effect, and in the evening after the vil lains had been there, the search was renewed by Mr. May, but with no better success ; the door cl ing-the day had been on the spring lock, and it was plain theyentered byakey which fitted u, as the h k remained uninjured. It is a singular cir,2unistance that the ke., which could ho where be discovered on the Sunday, was on the Thursday following found in an exposed situation in a closet in the shop, which had frequethly been ()Retied Liming rie interval. QUEEPitSQUARE —On Wednesday evenirw, Arm Davis; • apprehended by Bly and Gilmore, etiirg.,d with robbing a poor — Washerwomari, who h :cf, out of charity, taken her in and given her a ingln's lodging, when she took away a great quantity of prOperty of the porir woman, which fortunately wa; afterwards found left - by her at a pubic-house in th'o vicinity of tht aorse Guards, and recovered. Yesterday nlternbonsttie carriage of Mr.. Men ton, of Sutnther-plate, Portland=road, was passing a quick rate along Wigmore-street, the coachmon, in endeavouring to avoid a butcher's cart, drove the chariot against the hinder wheel of a dray, which overturned it with considerable viulem.e. The coachman, who was greatest sufferer by the ac cident, had his thigh broken, and he was conveyed to an hospital in a very bad way. Two ladies and a youth, who were in the carriage, escaped with but little injury. Yesterday morning ad Jitional troops of the Hor , ..e Guards (1344.,-marched from Reading to Nottinz:-. ham, and' orders are issued for the dispatch of two inf.intry regiments, in consequence of the untoru nate existence of the continued destrudtioo of pi i. rats property in that neii;hbourhOod.