The Sun. — London, England, 1823-07-19 00:00:00

TILE MASQUERADE FETE'at theARGYLL ROOMS. This was a splendid scene-got up by Noblemen and Gentle men of fashion, highly gifted. with talent. It was a Fete to which the Annalt of high life scarcely affordit a parallel. There were two doors of entrance, namely :—The great door in the Regent-street, and the one in Little Argyll-place. The latter was solely appropriated for the Royal. Family. Both these opposite entrances led to one centre—the great staircase. The passages, halls, and corridor, at the top of the flight, were profusely deComted with plants, lighted , by, globes and lus tre*. Arriving , here the stream flowed into the Cube room, an apartment so called, wherein the eye was struck with a superb American aloe, towering over every other object, and amid a pyiamid .of flowers. The aloe itself will be in flower in a week. The masks and others then proceeded to , the Grand Saloon, which' was lately the French Theatre, and was More brilliantly illuminated than it had ever been heretofore seen, by lustres of peculiar form and beauty. But the chief coup d'iril was the stage, which represented an amphitheatre of flowers, reaching to the roof; in the midst was an orchestra, and in the centre appeared the military band Of the Coldstream guards in full uniform, play . ing martial airs on the entre - of the company ; but when their - Royal Highnesses the Canchenti of Kent and Prince Leopold , appeared, they performed " God rave the Kist :" Alternately with these, CAlinet's band of French musicians also struck up their enlivening strains. In the centre was a square, marked out by silk cords, in which eight of the first-rate dancers, front the Opera House, figured away. IValtzing.; at both ends of the room, at the hour of one. At this period there were present 726 persons of the tirst fashion in the kingdom. At various periodsof the evening the following professional Gentlemen, habitat in dominoes, sang catches sad glees Messrs. C. Taylor, Terrell, Hawes, Mullinex, ,l. Smith and Welsh, with Masters Smith and Wesley, in fancy dresses; Master Smith, as a Ballad Singer, particularly delighted the company with " We're a' Noddin," and a Chorus by all the Party.lmmediately preceding the announcement of supper, a union of all the musical talent, Vocal and Instrumental, took place, and " God save the King" was performed the Jut stanza was encored.—ln the front hall a third Land, conducted by Mr. Payne, consisting of twenty per formera, played every description of dance, front th e Cos sack waltzes to the Highland reel. These c hangesl excited so great an interest, that the company were kept continually on the move. There was no ennui—nor a single moment without same kind of excellent entertainment. We say nothing of the little theatrical jest d'esprits played off, but proceed to the masks.---Amoug those most conspicuous were : Lord 31olynenx, as a French Postillion; a beautiful and chaste delineation of that non &script kind of animal so pecu liar to the Gallic shores. Lord Olengall (to whom the Fete owed so much) personated many characters; but the particu lar one of a testy old Woman, In company with two others, shone most conspicuously. We did think that Mr. Foic Latta rind Mr. Charles Mills enacted the latter. A pindigious burst ref merriment was frequently produced by ' the remarks on mo dern fashions and forms. It was difficult to say which person!. iiestion was the most.excellent. Laid Brudenell so effectually , disguised himself, three se veral times, as to be wholly unknown to his nearest friends; rind not until supper was he recognized by the removal of the mask. When a Pil e ; ring, on the way to Mecca, he accosted a young Lady, and inqui red ' when the Grand Scignor meant to throw the handkerchief, evidently alluding to a certain. rich sod patriotic Duke. As a Hussar, he accosted the Prince Paul Esterhazy, and volunteered his service in the German Legion, now about to embark for the Morea; and as a Tartur,. lie told the representative of a potent northern Monarch, that the cause of the Greeks was his own: The Mariris of Hest thrd was admirably well dressed as Lord Stanley, from the ce lebrated picture painted by Vandyke. Mr. Fox Lane was more superbly. dressed, as a Spanish (47-randse, in the time of Philip 11., than we could have had an idea of. Mr. Williams in a superb Turkish dritss. Count St. Antonio in a similar dress. alai very rich. The blaze of beauty exceeded all description. The mixed quadrilles. addod to the mirth, for there were those of all nations. •, ---- Athalf-past two the supper was announced, and a more quruptuous entertainment never was provided by Messrs. Gun ter. Nothing was forgotten or omitted. Every dish, and every sort of fruit, in which marinated chickens and pine apples were abundant. The excellent Champagne and other-wines were aupplied by .Mr, Wright of the Haymarket. - In high trim, the spirit of the scene re-commenced, - with a peculiar source for drollery ; the meeting of the Rival Kings of Beentford, in other words, Punch and , his doulde, both ini mitable performers, in their way ; but what excited the most interest was a talent of a cabalistic nature. Many a true for tune-they told; and many a fair one fled from the" minor of truth." At the supper table great mirth was excited by Mr. Yates, addressing a Noble Lord as a brother Frenchman. But what was a peculiar source of gratification was to see the great rood humour with which the Noble Lord received the rallies of his witty rival. This Mr. Yates made the best possible display of his talent in the imitations of the leading comedians of the day, and particularly Mathews. 'Arnong the -fancy dresses, that of the Hon.-Mrs.' Hope was remarkably brilliant; the whole of that Lady's dress was trimmed to the. bottom with diamonds and pearls. Lady Em meline Manners wore a superb costume of-the reign of Louis the Fourteenth. There were character-dresses of every country • and it was quite delightful to witnette the greacgood taste witl; which the Ladies, who were unmasked, received the badinage of those who were masked. The Hon. Mrs. Bradshaw 7 s waltzing was inimitable ; the Duke of Argyll, Lord Sheflield,'and Earl of Uxbridge were' well dressed. There were several of the Ministers present. Mr.. Secretary Canning wore the uniform of a Spanish General ; 31rs. Henry Baring presented a galaxy—her diamonds rivalled those of any other Lady: Those Noblemen -and Gentlemen who so ably supported their assumed characters, by day and night, stationed them selves, at the commencement of the evening, at the various doors to receive the visitants and presented each Lady with an elegantbouquet of the choicest flowers, which frond thefeir buds of the finest collection of splendid beauty, scattered tie. licious odour the rooms, rivalling— !'The perfum'd gales of Araby the blest." The !ttietest order was preserved in the regulation of the carriages 'by #n immense party of the Police, and a sergeant's guard of ioldters. The Duke of York was indisposed from-a cold caught at the 'ate Review. The Royal Party sat in the King's box. Tice Dultb and Duchess of San Lorenzo and the Spanish ,Minister Were agreeably surprised at meeting with so many of their own } countrymen and women. The felloWing wore character masks or fancy dresses Tide Dukes of NVellfinrion, Duke, Duchess, and Dowager Duchess of Rutland the Marchioness of Waterford and Inc Liaditia Beregford ; -Earls and Countesses of Aboyne, Easton, Jersey, Uxbridge, Grey, Belinore, Tankerville, Bathurst, Aberdeen, Clonmell, Falmotith, Morley Warwick ; Earls Wincidisea, Sheffield, Westmorland ; Lords Kinnairtl, Loughborough. r. Conytigharn, I.,owther, J. Thynne, J. Boo tinck, Ellenborough, Foley, A. Hamilton, A. liill, Gwydyr, o... Somerset- Granville, Bingham, Tullamore, HoWard of Walden ; Ladies Owydyr, Shelley, Rowley, M. Petre, Grey, Pelham, Paget, M. Ross, Bathurst, C. Peglet, 'rullarnore, Pane,' lay and Sele, C. Manners, Fitzroy, Stanhope, de Roos, Maryborough, F. Somerset, llMitchell, itydar, St. Clair, Peyton, Cawdor, Forrester, M. Sturt, Barnard, Ponaonby, Elphinstone, H. Wynn, C. Gordon, E. Lowther, H. Fit;ge rald, Robinson; Greville, D'Ameland ; Sirs John Shelley, Watkin William Wynne ;—also, Duke of Grafton, .Marquis braliam, the Vice-Chancellor Prince Gortchakoff, Prince de CAUVoir.—[rurther particulars on Monday.] FASHIONABLE ARR1V4149.• . .,Viscount and Viscountess Hampden, from their seat in Sus sex ; Lady Harriet Paget and her Children, in Great Cumber hind.kreet, from Calcutta ; Lord George Lennox, at Long's Claremont Hotel ; Lady Louisa Erskine, at Nerot's Hotel ; Hon. Mr. and Airs. Chevalier and Ladies, xt ditto; Mrs. and Miss Iliddulph, at ditto. DEpAaTu REE....-The Earl and Countess of Caledon, for Ire land., Mn and Lady Harriet Baring, for their seat, Bucking barn-bill, Norfolk; A. Atkyns, Esq. from Albany House, tor Waltham Place, Berkshire; their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princiss Supieha and suite, from the York Hotel, Albemarle -street, for their seat in Cheshire; his Grace the Bishop of Cashel, from. Nerot's Hotel; the Hon. Miss Lxw rence,.from ditto; the Right Hon. Lord Gon, from ditto; S. Grady, Esq. 41. P. from ditte, POETRY: (From the Cambridge Chronicle.) AUSTRALASIA. ____________ A. Poem which obtained tho Chancellor's,Medal at. time Cam. bridge Commencement 1823. By WINTHORP, MACKWORTH PILLED, of Trinity College. The Sun is high in• Heaven : a favouring breeze Fills the white sail, and sweeps the ripplingseas, And the tall vessel walks her dcstin'd way, And rocks and glitters in the curling spray. Among the shrouds, all happiness and hope, The busy Seaman coils the rattling rope, Antftells his jest, and carols out his song, And laughs his laughter, vehement and long; Or pauses on the deck, to dream awhile Of his Babes' prattle, and their Mother's smile,. And nods the head, and' waves the welcome handy. To those who weep-utern the lessening strand. His is the roving step and humour dry, His the light laugh, and his the jocund eye And his the feeling, which, in guilt or grief, Makes the sin venial, and the sorrow brief: But there Are hearts, that merry deck belbw, Of darker error, and of deeper woe, Children of wrath and wretchedness, who grieve • Not forthe Country, but the crimes, they leave, Who, while for them on many a sleepless bed The prayer is munnue'd, and the tear Is shed, In exile and in misery, lock. within Their dread despair; their unrepented sin,— And in their matinees dare to gaze on Heaven, Sullen and cold, unaw'd and unforgiven ! There the gaunt robber, stern in sin and shame,. Shows his dull features and his iron frame; And tenderer pilferers creep in silence by, With-quivering lip, flushed brow, and vacant eye: And some there are who, in theirclose of day, With dropping jasv, weak step, and temples grey, 'Go tottering forth, to find, across the wave, A short sad sojourn, and a foreign grave; And some who look their long and last,auliett To the white cliffit that vanish from the view, While youth still blooms, and vigour nerves the arm, The blood flows freely, and the pulse beats warm. The hapless female stands in silence there, So 'weak, so wan, and yet so sadly fair, That those who game, a rude netutorei tribe, Check the coarse question, and the wounding gibe, And look, and long to strike the fetter off, And stay to pity, though they came to scoff. Then o'er her cheek there runs a burning blush, And the hot tears of shame begin to rush Forth from their swelling orbs e.--she turns away, And her white fingers o'er her eye.htts stray, And still the tears through those white fingers glide, Which strive to check them, or at least to hide t And there the stripling, led to Plunder's school, Ere Passion slept, or Reason learned to rule, Clasps his younghands, and beats hia throbbing brain, And looks with marvel on his galling chain. Oh !. you may guess from that unconscious gaze His souk bath dreamed of those far fading days, When, rudely niuturetlon. the mountain's brow, He tended, day by day, his fathers's. ploUgh Blest in hii day of toil, his night of ease, His life of purity, his soul of peace. Oh yes ! to-day his soul hash backward been, To many a tender face, and beauteous scene The verdant valley, and the dark brown hill, The small fair garden, and its tinkling rill, His (irandame's tale, believed at twilight hour,. Hii Sister singing in her myrtle bower, And she, the Matt, of every hope bereft, So fondly loved, alas ! so falsely, left, The winding path, the dwelling in the- grave, The look of welcome, and the kiss of rove - These are his dreams; but these are dreama.of bliss Why do they blend with such a lot as this ? And is there nought for him but grief and gloom, A lone existence, and an.early tomb? Is there no hope of comfort and of rest To the sear'd conscience, and the troubled breast? • .Oh say not so ! In, some far distant clime • Where lives no witness of his early crime Benignant Penitence may haply muse On purer pleasures, and on brighter views; And slumbering Virtue wake at last to charm Another Being, and a fairer Fame. Beautiful Land, within whose quiet shore Lost Spirits may forget the stain they bore, Ikauttiful Land, with all thy blended shades • Of waste and wood, rude rot!ks, and level glades,. On thee, on thee 1 gaze, as Moslems look To the blest Islands of the*. Ptophet's Book, And oft I deem that, linked by nragit' Pardon and Peace upon thy valleys dwell. Like two sweet Ilouris beckoning o'er the deep. The souls that tremble, and the eyes that weep. Therefore on thee undying sunbeams throw Their clearest radiance, and their warmest glow, And tranquil nights, cool gales, and gentle showers Make bloom eternal in thy sinless bowers. Green is thy turf; stern Winter sloth not dare . To breathe his blast, and leave 'et ruin there. And the cherm'd Ocean roams thy rocks around, With softer motion, and witiviweeter sound : Among thy blomningflowers and blushingfruit The whispering of young birds is never mute, And never Both the Streamlet cease to well Through its old channel in the hidden dell. .0h ! if the Muse of Greece had ever stray'd, In solemn twilight„ through thy forest sh a de, And swept her lyrc, and walked thy meads along Thy liquid echo of her ancient song Her fabling Fancy in that hour ha rd Voices of music, shapes of grace, around „. Among thy trees, with merry step anti glance, The Dyrad then had wound her wayward dance, And the cold Naiad in thy waters fair Bath'd her white breast, and wrung her dripping hair. Bautiful land ! upon sointre a plain Shall Superstition hold ger hated reign ? Must Bigotry build up her cheerless shrine In such an air, in such an Earth as thine ? Alas ! Religion from thy placed Isles Veils the warm splendour of her heavenly smiles, And the wrapt gazer in the beauteous plan Sees nothing dark except the soul of Man. Sweet are the links that bind us to our kind, Meek, but unyielding, felt, but undefined ; Sweet is the love-of Brethren, sweet the joy Of a young Mother in her cradled toy, And sweet is ChildhoOd'i deep and earnest glow Of reverence'for a Father's head of snow Sweeter than all, ero our young hoees depart, The quickening throb of an impassion'd heart, Beating in silence, eloquently still, For one lov'd soul that answers to its thrill. But where thy . smile, Religion, heat not shgne, The chain is riven, and the charm is gene, And, unawaken'd by thy wondrous spell, The Feelings slumber In their silent cell. Hush'd is the voice of Labour and of Mirth, The light of day is sinking &Om the earth, And Evening mantles in her dewy calm The couch of one who.cannot heed Its balms. Lo! where the Chieftain on his matted bed, Leans the faint form, and hang . the . feverish head; There is no lustre in his wandering rye, His forehead hath no show of majesty, His gasping lip, tno weak for wail or prayer, Scarce stirs the breeze, and leaves no echo there, And his strong arm, so nobly wont to rear The featherld target, or the ashen spear, Drops powerless and cold ! the pang of death Locks the set teeth, and chokes the struggling breath ; And the last glimmering of departing day Lingers.around to herald life away. Is there no duteous youth to sprinkle now One drop of water on his lip and brow ? No dark-eyed Maid to bring with soundless foot The lulling potion, or the healing root? No tender look to meet his wandering gaze ? Np tone of fondness, heard in happier days, To tooth the terrors of ; the Spirits flight, And speak of mercy and of hope tonight ? All love, all leave him I—terrible and slow Along the crond the whispered inunnura grow. " The bend of Heaven is on him ! is it our's " To check time fleeting of his number'd hours ? " Oh not to us, oh not to us Is given " To read the Book, or thwart the will, of Heaven " Away, away !" and each familiar face Recoils in horror from his sad embrace ; • This sketch of the death of a New Zealander, and of the Superstition which prevents the offering of any consolation or assistance, under the idea that a sick man is under the lame diate influence of the Deity, is taken from the narrative of the death of Duaterra, a friendly chieftain, recorded by Mr. Ni cholas, Vol. 11. p. 181. The turf on which belies iiliallowed ground; The sullen Priest stalks gloomily around, And shuddering friends, that dare not soothe or Saves Hear the last groan and dig the destin'd grave.. The frantic Widow folds upon her breast Her glittering trinkets, and her gorgeous Vest, "Circles her neck with many a mystic charm, • Clasps the rich bracelet on her desperate artu, Binds her black hair, and stains her eye-lid's fringe Withthe Jet lustre of the Henow'e tinge : - Then on die spot where those dear ashes lie, In bigot transport sits he down to die. Her swarthy Brothers Mark the wasted cheek, The straining eye-ball, anti the stifled shriek, And sing the praises of her deathless name, As the last flutter racks her tortued frame. They sleep together o'er the natural tomb The lichen'd pine rears up its - fotm of gloom, • And lorn accacias shed their sitadow.grett • Blomnless and leafless, o'er the Intriedclny, •.7 And often-there, When, calmly, coldly bright, The midnight Moon flings down her ghastly light,. With solemn murmur, and with silenttreati. The dahce is ordered, end the Verieis said, And sights of wonder, soundit.of spectral fear Scare the quick glance anti chill the startled car. Yet direr visions e'en than thew, remain ; k fiercer guiltiness, a fouler stain! • Oh ! who shall sing tilt" scene of itivaAre strife,. Where Hatred glories in the Wastelt ? The hurried march, the looks of grini delight. The yell, the rush,•the slaughter, and the flight, The arms unwearied in the cruel 01, • .' The hoarded vengeance and the rifled Spoil, And, last of all, the revel in die wood, The feast of death, the banquetting of blood, - When the wild warrior gases. on his foe *- - Convuls'd beneath him in him.painful throe, And lifts the knife, and kneels him deign to drain. The purple current from the quivering vein ? Cease cease the tale; and letahibeean's rein Shut the dark horror from my wildered soul ! And are there norterto soceonfq none toriPeed' it fairer feeling;and a holier creed? Alas! for thiS, upon the Ocean blue, Lamented Cook, thy pennon hither flew ; ' - For • this, undaunted o'er the raging brin e , The venturous Frank upheld h is Saviour's sign. • Unhappy. Chief ! while Fancy thus surveys; The scattered islets, anti the sparkling b a y s , , ' • ftenenth whose cloudless sky and gorgeous Sun Thy life was ended, and thy voyage done, In shadowy mist thy form appears trrglide . - Haunting the grove, or floating on the tide ;.• Oh ! there was . grief for thee, and bitter. tears, And racking dnubts through Iting and joyless years And tender tongues that babbled of the theme, " And lonely hearts that Boated on the dream. ' Pale Memory deem'd she saw thy cheri,di'd form, Snatch'd from the fbe, or rescued front the storm ; • And faithful Love, unfailing and untied; Clung to each hope, and sigliq as each expir'd. On the bleak desart,. or the tombless sea, No prayer was said, noßequiem sung for tlte, Affixtion knows not, whether O'er thy grave • ' The Ocean inttruitlY, or the willow Wtr , e'i • chit still the beacon of thy sacred name. Lights. ardent souls to irtue and to_Vante, Still Science mourns thee, anti the grateful Muse Wreathes the green cypress fer her own Peyrouse. But not thy death shall mar the gracious plan, Nor check the task thy Omni toil began.; . O'er the wide waters of the bounding man /he Book of Life shall win its way again, And, in the regions by thy fate endeaed, • The Cross be lifted, and the Altar rear'd. With furrow'd bitty andtcheek serenely fair, _ The cairn wind wandering all. his silierair, His arm uplifted, and his mnisten'd eye Fled in deep rapture on the golden sk.y-- • Upon the shore, through many a billow ile kneels at la st,' the Illessenger of Heaven ! Long years, that rank the mighty with the weak, !lave Ahmed the flush upon his faded cheek, And many a dew, and many a noxious dairiP, The daily labour, and the nightly lamp: Have reft away, for ever reft, from hitn. The liquid accent, and the buoyant lim b: Yet still within him aspirations swell Which time corrupts not, sorrow cannotqueil, The changeless Zeal, which on, from land to land,' Speeds the faint foot, and nerves the witheetl hand, And the mild Charity which, day by ( 111 34 Il'eeps every wound, andevery stem away, Beare the young hnd on every blighted stem, And longs to comfort, where. she must condemn- With these, through storms, And bitternese; and wrath,. In peace and power he holds his onward path, Curbs the Keret) sold, and sheathes the tuurirrous steel, And calms the passions he bad ceased to fee/. • Yes! he bads triamphed t—:-while his tips. relate The sacred story of his Saviour's fate, While to the search-of that tumultuous horde lie opens wide the Everlasting Word, And bids the Soul drink deep o f Wisdom .. there, In fond Devotion and in fervent prayer, . In speechless awe the wonder.striking throng Check their rude feasting and their barbarous song =, Around his steps the gathering myriads crowd, The chief, the slave, the timid and the proud ; Of various features, and of various dress, : 7 Like their own forest-leares, confus'd and numberless- Where shall your temp/es, where your worship be, • Hods of the air, and Hiders of the sea ? In the glad dawning of a kinder light, • Your blind Adorer (Nits your gloomy rite, And kneels in gladness on his native plain, A happier votary at a holier fare. Beautiful Land ! farewell !...when toil atnl striks• And all the sighs, and an the sins of Ilfe Shall come about me, when the light of Truth • Shall scatter the bright mists that dazzled youth; And Memory muse in sadness on the past. And mourn for pleacurft far too sweet to last, How often shall I long for some green spot. . Where, not remembering, and remember d With no false verse to deck my lying bust,, With no fond tear to vex my mouldering 400) • This busy brain may fi nd its grassy shrine, And sleep, untroubled, in a shade like thine ! * Frum the coast of Australasia the last dispatches of La Peyrouse were dated. And. Quarterly Bev. for Feb. 111 10. ~` We feel great' pleasure in presenting to our Readers this admirable Poem, which is et once sublime,. pathetic, and beautiful. It is characterized by momlithreti, Wan, and a phi losoplifc spirit. It is highly gratifying to hint that this writer is untainted by the fantastic testy of -modern poets, if they may be so styled, and we feel as the late !Manes: IVALPOLE did when he first read The Raniail:—" It is refreihistg, said he, to a friend, to meet with such a poem amidst the sickening trash of the present times." 'itA 4v.1. 'C r\ ot, f• IP ',OA 4 . 1 * t•• rl" 1 ' Ke) tit JNN.t ' ;:7 411111.1 - 414 L' le, -'1 - 1•171 T .)) ivS" l • ). tN.,) ' S ic 4.0 r 4, 4 # 1101, C V to) ith UNI VERSI T Y INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD. JULY 18.—The ReT,.44' B*..sewell, A.M. oe Christ Church, has been instituted to the Perpetual C uracy oe salperton, in the county of Gloucester, an the nomi nat i on of John Browne, Esq. The Duke of Sussex has appointed the Rev. H. B. W. urn coat, M.A. of Queen'a College, in this Univeiii%-ind Mini ster of At. Mary's Chapel, Bath, one of his Royal Highness's Chaplains. . . The Rev. Thomas Shrapnel Biddulph, M.A. Of Worcest er College, and of Cleeve Court, In the bounty of Somerset, to th e Rectory of Brockley, in . the same county ; patron, the Rev. IVadliam Pigott, Clerk. The Rev. N. Orman, of Afildenhall, Suffolk to the Livin g of Great Barton, Suffolk; patron, Sir Henry Doribury, llart. The Rev.. C. Atlafii-lf. A. to the Rectory -of g t . George with St. Paul_ t _,Slamfoti . ;_patron, the Marquis of' Exeter. 4Oits . , the bean The Rev. W. Knight, B. A. to - the BeetOry of Stevington, Hants. • _ The Rev. L. P. Barker, B. D. to the Viell , er of.lmnineton, vacated by the death of the ltev. W. Witdei and. Chapter of Ely. The election for the Vicarage of Painswick; GloneeSf ers hire, which has for some days past excited great interest in th at neighbourhood, was brought to a close °DT hoisdat afternoon. There were two candidates, the Rev* Mr' Strong (the Curate of the parish), and the Rev. Mr. Knight f Rector or St. Michael's, Bristol), whose voters were brought IT by tallies; an d the flail ) state of the poll was—for Mr. Strong 242, .and rot afri Knigh t 200; when the former was, of course, declared dilly e l ected. Thursday evening she annual election commented at Win. cheater College. On Friday his Majestr 8 gold and silver medals were adjudged as follow : Latin Prose-.-" Vi rorurn illustrium minitna , eti atque viii. ,. statim in coulter h om i num incurrent." Mr. flenry .. D av id gon ': a gold medal.—Ettelsh Verse--" The Death .or L a d y jine Grey." Mr. H. S. Tramenheere t , a gold medal..—" %tug. balls ad Scipionern de pace omtio.' ISM Heink le lilestirier; a'silver medal.--The Speech a " Titus Quincaus to th e ft,. mans ) , when the lEqui and Volsri,were ravtqpng their territory to the very gates of the city." Mr. J. C. Connellan ; a silver medal. TIE.. FIFE- CAUSE, Must or Loren : ', JULY 18.—The House met by Commission at tett 'o'clock. SIR J. DUFF V. THE EARL OF FIFE.--.II7DGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR delivered in the decree in writing upon this Appeal, and it was read by the Clerk. It went upon the grounds which his Lordship had laid down in the two last hearings, and in substance was as follows : " The Lords Spiritual and Temporal do decree—that the in struments executed by the late Harlot Fife, in October and N"cniberi 18 08 —namely, a deed of trust disposition, and set tlement, a deed of, alteration, and at deed of ental—are proba tive instruments, the blindness of the said F.arl at the time of their execution notwithstanding. That the defect in not read ing over the instruments, in presence of the servants who ap peared as witnesses before the jury, clif',l not impeach the instru ments, nor affect their value as probative instruments. That the reading and signing them in.presence of the servants is, not a necessary solemnity of law; arathat the defect thereof eannot imply any thing like, that for Which it has been received—the utter invalidity of the deeds. That the said Earl must be pre . sumed to know the. contents of the deeds, unless the cont rar y had been proved ; and th e more so 60 account of the ex ecu - Son by him of the deed - of alte ration. That the Court of 'Session ought not to have sent the question tnistaa*, if these were probative instruments or not. That the InterlocutOrs which coMplain of the reduction of the deeds be affirmed, and the others are reversed. That the' evidence:of the Earl's.' blindness, and of the deeds not being read over to hits, is . good evid ence to. produce on the malt, but not conclusive evidence, if it can be shown from other evidence that the Earl was acquainted with the conteutsof the deed*. That the deeds ;be established as probative instruments. That the Court of "Seddon do direct other isAues, in which the respondent shall be, pursuer, antt - the appellant shall be defelider o and: that the deeds being held as sufficient instruments, the pursuer shall be at liberty to, bring such evidence as he maybe advised to offer, to invalidate and disprove them ; the defender, havik the /Pm privilege to justify alitLestablish themes probative instrAnuente." STATE PAi'ERS—THE SPANISH REGENCY. ILaicrit% e both I.lOuses of •ParliOnsent last Night:l; CODKESPONDENCIE IiETWRN DO ipi icrcvin. SA.PZ AND Mit. SECRETAMY CA,NN,I4IO. DOW ‘719.1.0& sarg. To MR. sEcirETAitteir cxl42titro. • Madrid, June .7, 13.4. Sts--I have the honour to transmit to your Excelleriy the ; letter by which his Serene Hi g h ness t h e R egency of Slum and I the ndies has the honour of .communicating to his Britannic Majesty its'instaNation, which took plaCe, With the kreAtist solemnity; in this capital, and which has been followed' by be recognition of his Royal Highness the I)ukii d'Angotileine,. in the name of his Most Christian Majesty. Ills Serene hlighdess, in directing me to tequest that your Excellency will present to, his • Majesty the King of (relit ßritain the said letter (of which I have the honour to inclose copy, "as likewise of the documents relative to the ncimination of the Regency), has watered me to. express to you at the same time, his anxious wish to cultivate the relations of friendship which have always subsisted between our august Sovereigns. I shall feel happy In contributing to fulfil the wishes of his Serene Highness this respect;, and. in the mean time have the honour to assure y our Excellency of thehigh consideration, with which, &c. (Signed). VPciralt SAE?,. His Excellency Mr; Canning. &e. &c. Ste: PROCIAAI AT I ON. , HIS ROYAL IfIGISNESS. TILE DORE OF ANGOULESI:,, ciENERAL-IN-CIIIEP OP THE *FRENcit ARMY, TO THE SPANIARDS. [This has appeared its the Papers as well as 11lartignae's letter, and the other enclosures, regarding The formation of the. RegenCy in Madrid : 'the enclosures were six in number t ] Nit. SECRETARY CANNING TO DON VICTOR, SAEZ. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the letter which your Excellency did me the honour to address to. me on the 7th instant, announcing the' installation, or a new Regency apt Madrid, and inclosing a letter, addresied.(as. you, inform me) by that hotly to. the king. my Master. The Regency of Urgel, souse months ago, and more recently that which was instituml after the entrance of the French army into Spain, successively addressed letters to sue, announcing, like manner, their assumption,respectively, of the Government of Spain. To oe4ber of these conimunicatitop.has it been dulught ass r.ersaary.to return any answer;- sod s if I new deviate tram the course pursued hi those two instance., it , is only. because I would' not appear to be guilty of incivility, in sending back yOur messenger without a written acknowledgment of you r letter. I have, however, nothing to add to that acknowledgment. The King, Ply Nasty:, having, a Minister resident near, the person of his Catholic Majesty i cannot receive a coriummi, cation of this description ;--and it is, therefore, not consistent with my duty to lay before the King the letter addressed to his Majesty, which I have the honour herewith to return. I have the honour, Ace. (Signed) GIiOIIGE CAN.N;NCi. Ins Excellency - Don Victor Sitc.z, &c. Ac.e. 64c ,, • BRIUUTON, JULY 17, Bat little has ocearred h ere h i t he; shionebte world since the beginning of the week, either to-interest or amuse, nor have the arrivals equalled expectation, ,The in. flux of company during the week ensuing; however, it Is sup. posed, will be considerable, as the annual races commence a Monday se'nnlght. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and suite will be at the York Hotel on Sunday, with the in, tendon of continuing there a fOrtnibt. On Thursday his (irace, who has accepter)the appointmeni of D. G. M. will hold a lodge of F reemasons at t h e Old Ship, and at whi ch the meeting of the Craft is expected to be very nupierous. The whole will attend Divine SetTlee at the Parish Church in the morning, and subsequently dine together at the above tavern. The Earl of Cork left - us, and returned to London on Tues. day. His Lordship chose an airy situation during the journey, pre&rring the bun, a stage coach to travelling by post.—Sir W. Cockburn, Bart., Lady, and daughter, are arrived, and have taken possession of theatagant apartments over Tuppen's Library.-The Dowager' Lady Lushington is arrived at the Rock Gardens; the lion. Mr. Fraser, on the Steyne ; and Major Lurnlie, in Ship.strect. The 'PERSIAN MINISTER and suite, accom. pulled by Lieut.-Colonel,d'AacY, of the 'Loyal Artillery, Mr. PERCY and Mr. ARMSTRONG, ar. rived at the Fal con I nn , .G ravesen d, on Tuesday evening, where they partook of a sumptuous fare. well dinner. On Wednesday morning . the party repaired on board a Government yacht, under the command of Lieut. MILLER, of Isis Majesty's ship Cathbridge, which reached the Note about two 4lock. The Jasper sloop of war immediately fired the usual salute, and hoisted the blue peter at her mizen. The Commissioner* barge from Sheerness conveyed his Eicellency on board her, where he was received with marked attention by Captain ARBUTHNOT, and Most heartily cheered by the respective crews ; the Jdiper then got under weigh, and proceeded on her voyage with a favourable breeze. The. Officers and men of both ships appeared much pleased with the affable and engaging deportment of their distinguished paeans*. _s, _ • The riTairialre of the Hon. Mr. Wm. Lascelles, third son or the Earl and Countess of Ilarewood, and. the Hon.. Miss Howard, daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Morpeth, will take place in the course of the ensuing month, at BishoptliorT4 the seat ot. the Archbishop of York, in - Yorkshire. N is Grace will perform the nuptial ceremony, which will beAttended by the Duke:of Devonshire, Earl of Carlisle , Earl and Cotultess of ffarewood, Viscount' and Viscount ess Morpeth, anti . a isrge , PartY of tIIC surrounding Nobility and Gentry. Sulcipt.--AU inquest was held yesterday be fore THOS. S'il RUNG, Esq. Corciner, at the White Hear, New.end, Hampstead, on. the body of Mr. Charies.Mo i r 4 fan, aged 75, a respectable farmer residing at ow -end; who put a period to his ea. istence by hinging himself,. Evidence was called to prove the_ deceased had for *Seale time been deranged, and the Jury returned a verdict of " Insanity." MERCANTILE surpenie ...,,,.5,,, DEAL, JULY 18—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived and sailed ,f(p, the River; the Mahe, Dugdale, from Paid ; , Ais kaiesty's, 4hip Kangaroo, from Portsraouttt and Jamaica. -Remain the, Hudson, for New Fork, and Valencia, for Deist/ram ' Po4:ssiouyn, JULY l B .—lVind SW.—Sailed the Itauds, for Gibraltar. FA L 310 trr u, JUL Y itr....-6444-44 Spaniah Patriot, Bogg, kg. Cadiz. j‘ • The Mayflower, from Miramichi to . Shieldst liseteewebeer ,doned at sea; crew arrived at Liv er p o Ol. The Margaret, Fisher, bound to Liverpool, struck on a r 'sunken rock at Quebec, atutfilled with water. The illercater, Thorlbeck, frorq.London to Archanel, put into . Shields thel7th instant, having lost bet sails off ille'itaplei The Riehaid, Hanway, sailed frorn Liverpool for tiernerara 'the 17th inst., grounded on th e Banks, has p u t b al k to k 9 . • suryeml. POLIC& INTEL 14GENc, 11,1a2.1. w-FrOttsE.—'lltree women, notorious beggri about the flank, each of whom had five children with her, Were yes. terday brought up by an officer ofthe Mendicity. 'Society. They. had often excited compassion by pretendOg_to be women o nce Ina prosperous way. They were convicted ets vagrant*. The officers of the district received a sharp reprimand 'for suf ifering tbeir duty to be . done by strangers.' I,laylor the beadle declared that he had tried day after day to catch tine efibe pri- Soners in the act of begging, but she watched hint arid cinistantly avoided taking money in his prisence. The child in her am , ' was instreeted to keep a look out for 'hint and had.betri beard to say, " Mummy,, there'a, old Taylor:' , wat'ehing forlti--don't beg here or' e'll be taken." I n a conven i ent place' the child .would set up a piteous moan and cry for something to cAt. The three prisoners: were sent to Ilridewell. DOW-S TREET.—Vesterdivjain Saniih., chari n ged with utter.. (urged Ilank-notea, was again brought up for exanintion, whop in addition to the four cases already against bitn, two otlienovere brought forward, where he bad passed Ali netts. llnring,the exam ina ti on h e seemed - coesidembly Witted, and. ,frequently shed tears. lie was !Idly. committed. ?'fns. Wilkinson, a genteel dressed young man, was' eharged stealing a portmanteau, the property of .Messrs. towridea Tef the Ilaymerest, Irunkmakers. It appeared that between six and seven n!clack on lilontlay evening, last, the .prisoner in *cnpipany with *nether young man, was observectinrkinc about4lesArs, .I.oowndWit shop, and was sliortlyafttrwertis see to snatch up a trunk from the side of the door and ran ofr.v/ith it. lie was'llillk cominitted. Mr. Rceznscumo is said to be the probable purchaser o( the Caversharn, Ustate. The im mense profits oP the French Loan will, alone e n. able him to complete this purchaie. It is cont. puted not to exceed 160,000/. Sterling. CUARITABL4 AVATIc EXCVI tSION.--Fol`4orne time it has been announced' to the inhabitants of Betlinal.green, and the neighbouritig parishes, that yesterday %lipoid be apportioned fbr the pur. pose of an aquatic excursion to the MetiWox ap,d back, u the Venus steam-yacbt, CaPt. 'Aye, the prollts,of which Jere. to go in aid .9f the fund* of the Betbea I-g teen stational echopl. Not% ithstand iug the unfavourable state of the w eather, , 'befor e eight o'clock there were nea r ly S QO , persotis 'ors board-- : the females most elegantly dressed for the occasion. Captain 14eye had raised an awning over a great pact of the deck, viler 01* the ladies were placed. The after-cabin was also fated up for their accommodation; and, by the time. the vessel was reakir t 4 304 itoth -Riau* were crowded to excess, The rain fell in torreattytod it eiai . distressin to witness so notny eregent, ly dressed female; come oft itotted completely drenched, particularly a s they had asserrthivtl for oto benevotent a purpose.. The correnittee for coot - W(l4lg the excursion were indefatigote ict affording them every assistance. They prirlidetil an excellent hand ; hut, notwithstandhig th,* cheerful tunes they struck up, the badness of the. weather threyy a, gloom . over the whole of the comPaPY.. At hrefily•five ntinuto past eight the Venus left St. Catherine's Stairs, and returned, the same evening. r • MOST. MELAPIOIOI,,X }to. . man Catholic Clergynlan, of the name of Dono van, who officiated„we understand, at Biesiting. ton, learned in the course of his vocation to ne circumstance tending to remove the imputa lion el Olt from, if not to prover the iot., nocence or, two unfortettate men sentenced to death at Carlow, a day or two back. — Such wag t h is excellent man's anxiety to turn this- information to the advantage of the Ltun happy accused, Alta though near 70 yeara of age, he rade on Saturday upwards of 60 miles ott this praise.wnrthy business, and reached the Vice-Regal. Lodge at the Park on Saturday evening last (12th inst.) too late to see the Lord Lieutenant. The Rev. Gentleman was promised an audience on the following morning at tee. lie put np la the Queen's need /tote', in Bride's street (Dempster's), 'for the night, and rose at half-past seven yesterday Morning (Sunday), I,4th inst.,,thOugh still labouring under all the eirecls of his great exertions, and dressed himself. Wearied with anxiety and exhaustion, h o just sat down to wait the proper moment for start ing, in order to he at his dostieetioo iu time, and melaucholy to relate, withoef evincintobe most trilling struggle, and us he sat, yielded 'up bis pure 'spirit. Every exertion was made 'Wre animate him, both by the family and Surgeon Wright, who-instantly attended, but` we regret to say, without etTect. Exhausted nature could bear no more than he had endured on this mtg., sion of mercy —he had breathed his lots (Dublin „Evening, Mull.) i lt e yh u isa n n ce em r o t u tt on i n t: dy t a y of all ho. wy manila an , n an a tir w ao f r u ir l e a i o n te s ce t q a o n rur c et e sd, o f ei n Willian Skinner, of 8 rton upon Humber, mariner and proprietar.of a, coal vessel, left Barton the pre ceding day with a cargo , of coals for the allow place, in excellent healttt ; and at two o'clock on Monday morning had drebied and prepnrett him self in order to, discharge the cargo.---fie vent waggons not being in readiness at the time expected, he cheerfully observed to his Mate that he would "return to his cabin," and b e gave strict orders to be called When wanted.— Be was accordingly culled about an hour after wards, but in that short interval it was found he . a lT o d ut su fi t r i t ( y lei y il e y arl e e xpired of n o n f o a a po t l: 4 l 7 y xy( lan !i s f t 3 za t s . w hiv can see th e precarious tenure of life, and its pursuits of folly and care, affording men but little time to look around, and almost none to prepare to die, without reflecting seriously otk this fearful admonition !---(Lincoln Mercuraj