The Sun. — London, England, 1823-05-14 00:00:00

torn ices, Liter !avy the his or di the Ily er the th do in ids for Of- , ‘ ,re ISt ed la ,st st :t 11 THE THEATRES. KING'S THEATRE.—The Opera of Oldie was performed last night at this Theatre, and at tracted a more numerous audience than is usual on a Tuesday night ; but the second appearance of Signor GARCIA in the sable hero of the piece will well account for the attraction. lie sung and acted in so able and animated a manner as to excite loud and repeated applause. A circumstance happened, which excited much alarm towards the centre of the Pit, and the visitors removed with great celerity. It appeared that in the rolling of the thunder during the performance a barrel of some fluid was overturned and dripped through Crevices in the plastered roof. The alarm, how ever, subsided with the dropping, and the vacant benches were soon reoccupied. Some hissing was heard, but the impression of GARCIA, then on the stage, was so strong that it was hardly noticed. The Grand Ballet of Alfred followed, and the whole *of the liflI)C1119,', particularly that of Ma dame 4oNzt VESTRIS, was admirable. .____ DRURY-LANE.— The Travellers, or Muses' Facination composed by the late Mr. Cortm, was revived at this Theatre last night. The piece itself, we believe, was written by the late Mr. CHERRY, who being himself an actor was able to produce effect, if not vigorous dialogue. The piece had Last night all the advantage that could arise from the great musical talents of BRAMAN' and Miss STEPHENS. The ingenious composer Mr. PARRY supplied a new duet, founded on what is generally styled PURCELL'S ground, but which is stated to have been originally a Welsh air. It was skilfully arranged for two voices, and beautifully supported by BRAHAM and Miss STEPHENS. The Opera in general was propped by the exertions of COOPER, HARLEY, Mrs. GLovea, Miss CUBITT, MISS FORDE, &C. &C., and was strengthened by the transfer of the ballet from The Chinese Sorcerer, and altogether was received with more success than could be ex pected from its' inherent dramatic merits. A tolerably numerous audience. Mr. ARNOLD, the Proprietor of the English Opera House, has generously volunteered in the cause of cha nty his powerful aid, by lending, gratuitously, the use of his elegant Theatre on Monday next, for the benefit of the Widow and fourteen destitute Children of the late Prompter of Drury-lane Theatre. This is indeed nobly' seconding the Duke of YonK, who condescends to patronise by his presence the powerful bill of fare prepared for that evening.- 3liss STEPMENS, LISTON, BRAIIAM, and, in fine, every one connected with the establishment, who can lend their aid, have kindly proffered it on this interesting occasion. WELSH BARDS.—Th e ensuing Eitteddvod, or Meeting of Welsh Bards, has excited much bustle among our Brethren of the Principality now in the Metropolis. The Royal Cambrian Medals will be awarded to the successful Candi dates for the Prizes. The P endillion singing, which Was much admired last year, will again, it seems, be introduced by Natives, and in the ancient British langnage,with accompanyrnents the Harp and Triple harps. JONES, Bard to the King; and the whole is to be under the direction of the' indefatigable PARRY, who is always alive to the honour of St. David, and his native country. Lord DYNEVOR is to preside over the musical treat in the morning, and Lord KtNyam to grace the more .solid enjoyments of the evening Festival. Wanstead.house- waa• sold by auction on the Premises, on Monday last, for 10,0001.: one of the conditions of sale binds the purchaser to clear every thing away, even to the foundation, by Ludy -day, 1825. The biddings commenced at 1 0001., and 'advanced by thousands till they reached 80001., when they dwindled to an ad vance of 1001. each bidding,,till they reached the sum 'at which the building was sold : the pur chasers :are Messrs. STANNARD and ATILOW, of Norwich, in conjunction with three other of their townsmen. The auctioneer announced to the company, by their request, that they intended to sell the whole in lots, large or small, to suit buyers, and they absolutely sold a pair of mar ble chimney pieces for 300 guineas, before they left the room. IMPORTANT TO THE CONNOISSEUR.—It is now generally admitted upon the Continent, that last year's vintage upon the Rhine yielded a wine which, for fine aromatic flavour, strength, and de licacy,has been surpassed by none for a very great number of years back, and which probably may not be equalled during the course of the present century. A great wine house at Mayence has made large purchases of the Rudesheimer moun. twirl Rhenish (a favourite description) at the rate of 3,5.00 florins, (about 3501. stirling) per tun of 7+ mimes. The _ Lord Ch ance ll or h as been pleased to present the Rev. J. by, M.A. l ate Curate of Cirencester and perpetual Curate of Baun ton , Gloucestershire, to the Vicarage o f Swindon, NVilts, void by th e resignation of the Ite v . 111. Surtees , Preben ditty of Canterbury. SCLAVONIAN MYTHOLOGY. --.Th e highest deity to whom the Sclavoninn b • in first and the fear, and whose anger they a peaseisi with victims adoration and tylcot places)wna aggro_wt se thunderer, Piorun (Jupiter T'onans) primed to his worship are, recorded 'in hi near Heiligenbeil, in East Prussia . , where s h o c ry had a secret grove. A constant fire was kept up where his image stood, and the oak un d er w hi ch it was placed is recorded to have' been evergreen. The other place of his adoration was at Wilna. The !t t ear i th where victims were burnt to him is called Z i Oisko. It sl own to the curious' in the cathedral under .the high altar, • it„ where si d en e remainder of ashes are still extant.. The God of . Peace was worshipped wider the shape of a sword. Th a e r N% line God was the giver of happiness ; the Black Thee author of misfortune. Zywie was goddess of life and Produce. Morena, goddess of death and of harvest; a of ° !fit4iful moral all egor uniting at once the symbolical idea Ceres an d Proserpine. Klimba, the goddess of pro tP4lecY and of f ortune . Leda, the goddess of love. Poswist, hAg9d of wi n d s . Pagoda, the goddess of fine weather. They sd also m a ed god of h osp i ta li ty , R a d ogost , t h e on l y one w ho was were pp in a co vere d temp l e , ca lled G ont i na . Other deities e Worshipped in dark groves, in open fields, or on the sum. nib s of hi ghf or mountains. Thei r reli g ious rites are now entirely gott en ; and their names scarcely known by tradition. Lads, the goddess of love, has alone survived in the memory of the north i n elln Peasantry, along with the tender and unperishing feel. w E which she was supposed to kindle in human bosoms. On tiding days, her name is still chaunted in the ancient love so ; but the original meaning of the word, Lads, is no more ‘o luerstood. bo Oa Saturday week, an exciseman in the neigh. eihood of Cuper Angus, having received information of en ankers of whisky t being c oncealed about the farm of Cleaves,. set off with a p a r t y o f Scot., Greys to make a seizure of • The smugglers, on perceiving the exciseman and dra goons at a distance' roeimmediately yoked a pair of horses in a gh, and ploughed the linkers down in a field adjoining the louse, and thereafter caused the harrows to be driven over the . geld, as if engaged in the labours of the season. The excise- IPan; after a - finitless search, took himself off the farm, when ankers were disinterred, and conveyed to a proper place of Iteurity. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady Anson, from their seat in Staffordshire; the Hon. Mrs. Langley, in Portman-square, fl•ont her seat in York. shire; General Orde, at Gordon's Hotel, Albemarle -street, from his seat in Hants; Sir John Giffard, at Long's, Clare mont Hotel, Bond-street, from Cheltenham ; Martin Blake and James Saurin, Esqrs. at ditto, from Dublin ; Hon. Captain and Mrs. Rodney, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street; Miss Dennet, at ditto; Captain Beckford, R.N., and Mr. Beck ford, at ditto; the Honourable Berkeley Noel, Mrs. Noel, and Family, at Hakes's Hotel, Duke -street, Manchester square, from Lord Barham's, Barham Court, Kent. DEPARTURES.—The Marquis and Marchioness of Curiati, and Marquis Trotti, from Hakes's Hotel, for Brussels ; Col . Bruen, M.P. from ditto, for Ireland; John Owen Herbert, Esq. from ditto; the Rev. C. Rose, from ditto, for Oxford ; Chevalier Franchi, from ditto ; Mrs. Outlaw, from ditto ; James Hughes, Esq. and Mrs. Hughes, from Marshal Thomp son's Hotel, for Aberystwith, Wales. - ••14. , '..,t. s• . ,iti, ._ 114( (11; . ....- e) • ~. - I'4-4 ...r.,..:'-_,p t i . -r'•er - OO ( 1 5 1 - th ~ tn... t.), ~,,, .. ~, q,,.--, ! , ~ ...A.-, ~.....4 , v . ... ~ 4.45.• ( • ~,,, .... tit , . ,‘ , 1 4) --. „ti c y-,..,• 4 .4.4, . ~,,,.., ,, ,...0 , -,,,. -:„„--..,, . ~. -;, 7.,, , . ;.-0.1 , 4..••. :410 0 4 ;, ! ,,,.:7•...,.... , /.0. .•„ - , •••-.x..Q4 . . .. t, „, ,ft :-.1, \o:„.t ,- .4,,...z:.._\. , ....74,1. :.;.. ...,e1d...)- . ; • N. 4 vie' • I,S \ i " . 1' 0 , , E 4 Ql - r ,''' -- -7 ,7 ..e_ A ..: — .',.: 7 `- '' - k ‘N. -t:' - ' . '' • ' ... 'T - i . r t,.." , ..) Tv, vs -.• I..ry • -r.) , V ' * A ', ••-‘ ..."` 4, tt OE , . ; . r. , k- . ck' ', , • 1,, 1 , . ' 1 , 4' ' •,, ..."" 470 T ''' el 4 ' 04 • i ' •0 1 / 4 1?.?. FA. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Countess of Jersey's assembly on Monday evening, in Berkeley-square, was attended by nearly 300 persons of the first distinction and fashion. The Hon. Lady Smith entertained a large party of distin guished fashionables to dinner yesterday, at her house in Pic cadilly. Lord Berwick had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. The Dowager Countess of Stamford had a select circle of fashionables yesterday evening, at her house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square. CALEDONIAN FANCY BALL. One of the most magnificentfites ever seen was the Scottish Gala, on Monday night, held at Almack's. The most gorgeous splendour prevailed throughout.—The company (uncommonly numerous) began to arrive at half past nine : at half past ten the Chieftains of the principal Highland Clans appeared, with the Duke of Argyll at their head.—At eleven the great folding doors to the saloon on the ground floor were thrown open, and the name of the Duchess of Kent was announced. The Duke of Argyll, in full costume, hurried to the private door, opposite Duke-street, and pre ceded her Royal Highness, and suite of Ladies, from the entrance along the room, up the staircase, and into the ball room, bowing repeatedly on his way with his usual grace.— The other Chieftains paid the same honours to the suite. Next appeared the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, to whom the same honours were paid. Lastly came the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. The three Ladies looked remarkably well ; they wore dresses of gold lama ; silk head-dresses, enriched with diamonds and feathers. We never saw delight more strongly depicted than it was in the faces of the Duchesses of Gloucester and Kent. Indeed, the objects around must have produced a wonderful effect on a stranger, and we believe that it is the first time those illustrious Ladies were present at a similhr spectacle. The rooms, decorated with wreaths and festoons of flowers, emblems, &c. ; the Ladies' dresses in the style of every country, the aggregate in more than eastern splendour, consisting of golden tissue, the mass relieved by an embroidery of diamonds. All the Ladies were objects of peculiar attraction on that night.—The dancing commenced immediately after the procession of the orphan boys attached to the Caledonian Asylum—for it was for their benefit this ball was given. —The procession commenced at half-past eleven : notice was given of its approach by the sounds of the bagpipe. The boys were marshalled in the saloon ; and, in the full Highland garb, proceeded up the staircase, preceded by the Piper, playing—" Wha wou'd be a traitor slave?"—ln single file they walked round the room, returned, and disappeared._ The true Highland Fling was given .at the ()Net by Mr. Stewart Nicolson and one of the Ladies Paget. It then became one of the most animated scenes ever witnessed, the spirit of which continued unabated till half-past two; many then de parted, but it lost none of it s i n t erest . tin foUr o'clock. There were a thousand persons present, not one of whom could gain admittance without permission of the Lady Patronesses, Lady Gwydyr and the lion. Mrs. Hope. We never saw so finished an exhibition as this, in every respect, whether we allude to the beauty of the Ladies or the dignity of the Gentlemen, for there were forty-six heads of Highland clans present —an as semblage unexampled. NAVAL 6; MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY Yesterday the Anniversary Meeting of th e Society for the Distribution of Bibles amongst sailors and sol diers was held at the King's Concert Rooms, which were ex cessively crowded, chiefly by Ladies, who appeared to take a strong interest in the spiritual welfare of the objects of the So eiety. Lord Viscount LORTON' took the Chair. The SECRETARY read the Report, which represented that the Society had been greatly cramped by their want of ade quate funds • but they were determined to proceed in their course of makingl all in the army and navy, soldiers and sailors of Jesus Christ ; and not to sheath the spiritual sword whilst one remained who did not submit to the sacred standard.— The institution had received strong aid from the Auxiliary Societies in Ireland and Scotland, and also from the Ladies' Association, at the head of which was the Duchess of Beaufort. The exertions of the Ladies in behalf of the soldiers and sailors had been by far the most efficient, and they had made the greatest subscriptions to the Society.—(Ap plause.) —The Society had appointed an officer to travel from station to station and offer Bibles and Testaments to the sol diers; and he had distributed altogether nine thousand copies of the Scriptures, and had succeeded in getting in return up wards of one hundred pounds. This agent had been eminently successful in supplanting blasphemous and seditiens tracts, which he feared had been extensively circulated amongst the soldiers. Notwithstanding_ the endeavours which were made by persons to seduce the soldiers, there was a strong desire amongst them for the Scriptures, which desire was manifested by the actual purchase of them. Nothing could be better than the plan of selling the Scriptures at the cost price ; for the chance was, that the man who paid for them would read and prize them more than if he bad them for nothing. The Report conluded by an exhortation to the friends of the Scriptures to come forward,' and save the soldiers from the current of infi- delity.which was let loose upon them. • Lord CALTIIORPE, in moving that the Report should be received, said there was peculiar propriety in the friends of Christianity Coming forward to communicate the benefits of the Scriptures to the preservers of their country. They owed it to them in gratitude ; but it became an imperative duty when they found that those odious effbrta that were making in every part of the country, to sap the fbundation of their faith, were also extended to the soldiers. Nothing could so well tend to humanize and make war less savage as the Scriptures ; by making soldiers . Christian warriors, and preparing ilium to en dure, with fortitude and patience, the trial*. and - hardshipa to which they acre subject.—(Great applause.) • Mr. STEWART seconded the motion, whichwas.carried una nimously. Major MACKWELL, of the lion. East' India Company's service, said he believed there was now not .a more religious, and consequently a inure humane body of soldiers, than those who composed die body of the British army. lle tad himself heard a testimony paid to their humanity by the French King. He was present when that Monarch, after the battle of Water loo, called around him the Comonande4 and Staff of the British army.. When he was surrounded by the soldiers, he addressed them in these words in English Gentlemen, I am indebted to you for much. I speak not of your valour ; that I leave to his tory—but I speak of your humanity. I thank you for your humanity to my poor people. I thank you as their father" (Applause). lie concluded by moving a Resolution of Thanks to the Royal and Noble Patrons of the Institution. Lord GAMBIER addressed the Meeting at great length. The motion was carried unanimously. The Rev. Dr. Clarke, Captain Gordon, of the Royal Navy, and Major General Ord, spoke warmly in favour of the object of the Meeting. Captain BLAYNEY, of the Royal Navy, moved a Resolu tion in an able speech. Captain H. Gonnow, of the Royal Navy, addressed the Meeting at great length, moving acknowledgments to other So cieties for their assistance. Several other speeches were made by Naval Officers, when thanks were voted to the Chairman ; and after a liberal sub scription had been made, the Meeting separated. POETRY. J. P. hEMBLE. " Sicut fortis equus, spatio qui stepe supremo Vicit Olympia, nunc senio confectu quiescit." Ennius. Vide .0 c. dr Senectute. [Written by H. S. VANDYKE, Esq.] The proudest of the Romans, where is he ? The hero of Corioli who fell Amidst his enemies, in majesty, Like some high tower or mighty citadel Sinking among the fees who storm its wall— Grand in its ruin—noble in its fall. And where is he, whose evil spirit stole At midnight to his tent? And he whose soul With fortitude and Stoic-firmness bore The tidings of his son's untimely doom, Yet sank at last, and sank to rise no more, With the departing glories of lost Rome? Where—where are they ? Alas! they once have been— But canish'd—died—when Kemble left the scene. No more he strikes beholders' hearts and eyes • With all the lightning of his energies : No longer sways the rabble with his nod, Nor stands at Volscium—towering like a God. With valorous might, which hostile force disdains, No more he thunders o'er Philippi's plains : Nor charms the breathless Senate with th' intense And soul-felt magic of his eloquence. Yet will he live when many a loftier name Shall seek the nothingness from whence it came: And when that noble form shall coldly rot In Death's embrace, unnoticed and forgot, The recollection of his worth will be A fadeless halo round his memory. Mind rests upon itself—this mortal clay, This dross of being, may with time decay; But, as it mingles with its parent earth, The mind from Heaven receives a second birth. '.Methinks I see him as the aged Lear, Crown'd with the wild sublimity of grief-- So does the monarch of the woods appear, When storms have left him neither bough nor leaf. Methinks I view him as De Montfort now, With frenzied gesture and convulsive start ; Despair and terror on his pallid brow, Remorse and guilt and anguish in his heart. Oh, thought ! forget the horrors of that sight, Which froze the crimson current of the blood ! Lo ! Thilspur comes, impatient for the fight, And wild and daring as a mountain flood That thunders to the vale with mighty shock, Uncheck'd by rugged trunk or broken rock. The scene is changed—the vision has departed, And Denmark's melancholy Prince appears, Nursing pale thought and almost broken-hearted, To call down Pity from her throne of tears, And ope the genial springs of sympathy That lie within the desert of the breast. But, mark Leontes next, whose jealousy (E'en as the poisonous viper seeks the nest Of some fond bird to ravage and destroy Makes desolate the dwelling of his joy.' Again the scene is changed, for Wolsey stands And gives with feeble voice his last commands-- A beacon placed amidst the stormy waves • Of grandeur's sea, to warn ambition's slaves. Behold reclined the ever-musing Jaques,* Whose soul with forests, mountains, vales, and lakes, Holds free communion, and is deep imbued With all the luxury of solit u d e . - Where is Penruddock 9 Where the brave Macbeth g The hardy Mehard--dauntless even in death ? Where now the ,Stranger? Where the guilty John g And, last and best, where Posthumus, who won The spotless heart of slander'd Imogen ! they live in memory's page alone, And are no more, save in the minds of men : We see—we hear them not for he ik gone, Who with the chain of vast conception drew Past ages back upon us, and who knew To charm to life the images sublime That lay unheeded 'neath the waves of Time. Yes ! he is far from England, and from those Who once have seen and never can forget The sun of Tragedy that brightly rose The sun of Tragedy that grandly set. Oh ! may his mind, in calm retirement, gaze " Through the long vista of departed days," And all the honours he obtain'd before Come back, like sweet reality, once more, To soothe the thoughts of retrospective age, And cheer the close of life's brief pilgrimage ; Then shall Melpomene bewail his doom, Shall strew her leaves of cypress round his tomb, And, sighing, say, whilst mourning KEIIBLE'S fall, " This was the noblest Roman of them all !" • Jaynes is always pronounced as a dissyllable, and is so re quired by the measure in the play. • ••• The foregoing lines, written previous to the death of the admired subject, may be numbered among the very best Poems which that subject has occasioned. • FELIX FARLEY. ON A 'PICTURE OF MODE9TY, 11Y Guth ° . The blushing cheek; the chin that seeks to rest On the soft surface of the rising breast; The lip where love's delicious accents While modest fear forbids the vioce to flew ; As when the red ripe cherry's bursting skin Reveals the purple pulp that glows within, 1 he luscious drop half issuing from its side Hangs on the edge and seems afraid to glide ; The downcast eye where love and virtue shine, The smile of innocence, the mien benign ; These are the outward signs of inward grace, Whose charms nor grief nor sickness can efface. Which, once like seal of talisman imprest, No earthly change can loosen from the breast ; Nor hoary age with wintry touch decay, Nor death from mem'ry's tablets blot away. ORTHOGRAPHY.—The following curious lite rary production was addressed to the Governor of the Work house, at Alvington, in Gloucestershire, by a pauper seeking relief there, as his proposed terms of going into the house ; ‘ for the azement of my timed mind, I have set down the principle part of what I subzist upon Tea for breakfast, a little fort and butter; for supper & dinner, a Little mutton and bred. Alf a pinto of Good beer with dinner, and alf a pinte with supper—betweene breakfast anti dinner a boiled egg and a little bread--in the evening tea—The bread which I heave been accurtomed to eate, is from the bakers fresh and lite Good fresh milk butter—the mutton Lane-1 always sleep in blakits. In this way I heave continued to Liev for mor than 18 months ; without these trifels I cannot do' The Pupils of St. Bartholomew's Hospital last week presented Mr. STAN LEY, Surgeon, of Lincoln's Inn fields, and Demonstrator at the above Hospital, with a hand some piece of Plate (an Epergne) value 15U1. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1823. TUESDAY, MAY 15. Sweepstakes of 10 soy. each, for three-yr-old, 7st. 71t. and four, Bst. 911,. T.Y.C. Mr. Hunter's f. by Rubens, out of Sprightly, 3 yrs - 1 Ld Verulanes f. by Rubens, out of Spitfire, 4 yrs - 2 Six started.—The Judge placed but two. 2 to 1 agst Sprightly f. First Class oe- the Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soy, each, for three-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. Ld Exeter's Athenian, 6 yrs, Bst. 121 b. - 1 Ld G. H. Cavendish's f. by Pioneer, out orßidicule, 3 yrs, 6st. 12%. - - . - - - 2 Mr. Powlett's The Whig, 4 yrs, Bst. 711). - - 3 Five started—The Judge placed but three. 4to L agst Athenian---6 to 4 agst Pioneer f.-4 to 1 agst The Whig. Second Class of the Handicap Sweepstakes oc, 10 soy. each T.Y.C. Mr. Rogers's Scratch, 3 yrs, 7st. 611). - - 1 Mr. Crockford's c. by Selim, out of Palma, 5 yrs, Bst. 2 Ld Verulam's c. by Whalebone, 3 yrs, Est. 12115. - 3 Ld Jersey's Sharper, 4 yrs ' 7st. 131 b. . - - 4 6 to 4 agst Sc ra tch-1-4 to 1 agst Selim c.,—One paid. Fifty Pounds, for 3-yr-old colts, Bst. 71b. fillies, flst. 41b. R.M. Ld G. H. Cavendish's b. c. by Orville, out of Bizarre ] D. of Rutland's b. c. by Catton - - - 2 D. of Grafton's br. c. Logic - - - - 3 Eleven started—The Judge placed but three. 4 to 1 agst Orville c.-6 tc 1 agst Catton c. 1 CHESTER RACES.-.-FRIDAY, 31AY 9.—(CONcLUDED.) A Sweepstakes of 100 gs each. Sir T. Stanley's br. f. by Comus - - - 1 Lord Stamford's b. f. by Sootsayer - - 2 Sir W. W. Wynn's b. c. by Soothsayer - - 3 Thy Palatine Stakes of 50gs. each, h. ft. for 3-yr olds.—Once round. Mr. Houldsworth's br. f. Filho da Puta - - I Lord Stamford's b. f. Ostrich - - . 2 Mr. Clifton's ch. c. by Comus - - - 3 Mr. Ormsby Gore's ch. c. Achmet - . - 4 The Ladies Plate of 501.—Heats, twice round. Mr. Clifton's h. h. Peter Lely, by ltubens, 5-yrs old 1 2 1 Mr. Mytton's b. h. Banker, aged - - 2 1 2 1 Handicap Stakes of I figs. each.—Two miles. Mr. Beardsworth's ch. c. Rossini, 4-yrs old, 781 , 111 1 3. - 1 Sir W. W. Wynn's b: h. Thyrsis, 6-yrs old, Bst. 91b. 2 Col. Yates's ch. m. Pantoufle, tl-yrs old, Bst. .. - 3 The Main of Cocks was won by Cheshire, 10 a-head. PEDESTRIANISM.—CRisr, the pedestrian, has failed by an accident. On his return from Northampton he fell and aprained -him leg, and could proceed no further than Dunstable. The fact being formally certified by a surgeon called in, the bets, we are informed, stand neutral by agreement. An INSCRIPTION is placed in the Church-yard of Cadoxton, near Death, referring to a horrid case of murder, the particulars of which. were recorded in our pages last July. Though no directly criminatory evidence was elicited in the course of several Judicial inquiries into this dark catagrophe, no doubt is entertained that the unfortunate girl was murdered in a moment of confiding affection by a monster—by whom she' had become pregnant. The mu.. nument is of massive stone, extremely simple, but of conspicu ous form and dimensions. The inscription has been attentively read many hundred times during the three Sundays which have elapsed since its erection, Cadoxton church-yard now forming the favourite walk to the inhabitants of the surrounding district. To record • MURDER This stone was erected over the Body of MARGARET WI LLIAMS, Aged ?ti A native of Carmarthenshire Living in service in this parish, Who was found dead With marks of violence upon her person In a ditch on the Marsh Below this Church Yard on the Morning of Sunday the fourteenth of July 1822. Although THE SAVAGE MURDERER Escaped fora season the detection of Min Yet GOD RATH SET HIS MARK UPON HIM Either for Time or Eternity and TILE CRY OF BLOOD Will assuredly pursue hint To certain and terrible,. but righteous JUDGMENT. _ CanyM nyni a adwaenom y nth a ddywedodd, 51Yr t luau DIAL, MYFI A DALAI', MUDD YR ARGLWYDD.—liebreiad x. 30. OLD BAILEY.—These Sessions commenced this day at the Justice-Hall in the Old Bailey, before the Lord MAYOR, Recorder, and 31r. Justice BAYLEY, Alderman 1311YDOES, &c. calender, on the present occasion, is unusually light, containing a list of only one hundred and fourteen prisoners for trial. It does not contain one charge of forgery, and only 5 for burglary. We regret, however, to state, that there are five eretches for trial charged with a nameless offence. There are at present in Newgate no less than 18 males and five females under sentence of death, and 111 under sentence of transportation. The total number of prisoners including those for trial at the present S ess i ons , i s 320 . Benjamin Piper and William Piper were put to the bar on their separate Indictments, charging them with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mrs. Nagger, at Tottenham ; on the 14th and 21st of February, and again on the 2d of March. The evidence in support of the prosecution depended on the testimony of an accomplice, which was not wholly uncontradicted, and the Court directed an acquittal.— Thomas Cooley and Thomas Conner were indicted for stealing a quantity of plate, of the value of 401., from the dwelling. house of David Bevill, E 9., Upper Harley-Street, Caven dish-square. It appeared from the evidence that the pri soner Conner contrived to enter the above gentleman's pan try by the area steps, and in the temporary absence of the Butler stole the plate before-mentioned ; he was however pursued, and observed to throw the plate into the Apollo pub lic-house, in Paddington-street, where it was afterwards found behind the door. Cooley was also taken with Conner in the pursuit. The Jury found both the prisoners Gullty—DMh. A letter from Lisbon , dated the Ist instant, states, that General do REG() had been recalled, in consequence of his conduct in the affair of Amerante, and that he was to ,be succeeded by General 14:oou. Never, we. believe, did the Spring Seasou, at any, former period, within the memory of 'the oldest and most experienced horticulturist, give to : the fr uit trees ' ,' generally, a fairer pro m is e o f abunuaut produce, than the present, and espe cially to the grape vines, which are largely fruited at . almost every, bud. Captain H ENRIV IXON,souof Colonel DIXON, of the First West Yosk Militia, late of Gledhow, had, on the 11th of last montli; a very narrow escape with his life from the hands of an Italian banditti. The Captain, it ap. pears, was travellin with a friend about eigh t o'clock. in g the evening of that day, and was within about three quar ters of a mile of Faenza, when their carriage was stopped by a band of foot.robbers, and they were-dragged to the ground, and with knives at their throats t o ld t h at they would be murdered if they moved an inch, or made the least noise. While in this situation, the banditti rifled their carriage, and took out of .the pockets notes and gold to the amount of 3351., with a number of drawings and present, intended for th e friends of the travellers in England. Having effected their purpose, the villains made off and escaped with their boqty. We are happy to add, that neither the Captain nor his friend sustained any personal injury. On Saturday last a most beautiful and curiously veined we of of agate was found on the estate of Claremont, be. longing to James Nairne, Esq. by Mr. Hem, when digging near the bottom of n steep bank near the south side of his farm, a short distance from the spot where Archbishop Sharpe was murdered. It was discoveVed embedded in the clay or till, about 3 feet below the surface, in a horizontal position. Immediately to the west. ward there is a large whin-atone fixed on the ground—the memorial, probably, - of some deed of blood, or the monument of one whose memory it has survived. The wedge measures in length exactly 12 inches ; Prom 1 h to 3 inches in breadth, and from 1-4th to one inch in thickness. Itpossesses a very fine polish, and it is suppesed to hare been an instrument of sacri. tee used in barbarous ages.--( Caledonian Mercury.) CANADA. QUEBEC, MAeca 31.--The Session of the Provisional Parliament of Upper Canada is brought to a close, and the Government and Parliament have pitrted good friends. The Speech, of which the following is an extract of the only important part, will shew you the strong prospect of a union. Had that measure not been almost certain, the Lieutenant-Go vernor would not have expressed himself so strongly on the subject. Extract of His Excellency's Speech on proroguing the Ses sion of the Provincial Parliament : " GENTLEMEN OF THE HousU OF ASSEMBLY. " I thank you, in the name of his Majesty, for the supplies you have unanimously voted for the service of this year. " In addressing you, probably for the last time, I feel mush gratified in being enabled to express to you my approbation of the principles which have governed your appropriation of the public means, and whi c h have been characterised as well by a scrupulous attention to the interests of the people, as by a proper regard to the honourable support of his Majesty's Go vernment. HONOUTLABLE GENTLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN " The contemplated union of t h e two L eg i s l atures i s still' de. ' pending on His Majesty's Councils; in which, I am authorised to assure you, there exists the greatest anxiety to promote by every means the interest, safety, and prosperity of both the Ca nadas. Whatever shall be finally adopted will proceed only from principle, and with a decided aim to accomplish these jects. Such are your Sovereign's paternal feelings respecting this valued portion of his dointnion. " Should a more extensive field of Legislation be opened to your exertions. His Majesty entertains a confident expectation that you will carry into it - a spirit of harmony and conciliation, with that disposition to promote his Majesty's honour and his people's welfare, which has so eminently distinguished your con duct; and the happy efrects of which have been manifest, not only within the circle of this province, but as you have in a articular manner experienced on late occasions, in that coml. uention and confidence which has required for the represent*. tions of this Legislature, with the Government of the parent States." M !MCA NTI 1,1 i; Sill Nil NG. DEAL, MAY 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived last night and sailed for the River the Uptan Castle, from Bombay ; Minstrel, Barnes, Calcutta ; Rose, Corneby, Lisbon ; and this afternoon the Asia, from Gibraltar. Came down from the River this morning the Princess Charlotte of Wales, Gribhle, for Madras and Bengal ; the Marquis of Wellington, Blanchard, ditto ; George Home, Young, Batavia, Sincapore, &c.; Alfred, Tobago ; Aurora, Young, Gibraltar i • St. Domingo, Young, St. Domingo; Harleston, Gulliver, South Seas.—The Bengal Merchant broke her anchor whilst weighing this morning, and has been supplied with another, and still remains. PORTSIIIOI.IIII, MAY 13.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the Independent, Carter, from Malta. PLYMOUTH, May 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Nymph, Watkins, from Messina. FA 1.310 U ru, MA v 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Brothers, Davison, from Cephalonia. DAR TmouT MAY 12.—Arrived the Clementina, Tozer. from Gibraltar, with loss of boats and other damage. She brings Government dispatches, and an account that the Mar quis of Hastings had arrived there on the 29th ult. in the Glas gow frigate from Calcutta, on his way to Genoa. The Lion, Blasdale, from Alaranham to Bahia, has put back, and been condemned. suT T E E. The following interesting account of one of these dreadful sacrifices is extracted from the letter of an English Officer who superintended the ceremony he describes : " DummyAK, OCT. 18.—In my present situation it fall's to my lot to preside over the executions of criminals, and also over those horrible exhibitions peculiar to this country, of a widow burning herself on the funeral pile of her dead husband ; and as the authentic account of such a scene may be interesting, I send you a short description of a suttee at which 1 was lately present in my new character of presiding officer. The day be fore it took place (as is customary) a report came from the police of the widow's intention to burn herself if the magistrate gave his permission. On the -principle of religious toleration this is always given ; the magistrate is allowed to argue, and to endeavour to dissuade the woman from her purpose, but cannot absolutely forbid it, unless under certain circumstances, such as when it is not perfectly voluntary on her part. Myself and several friends went to her house, and did all we could to turn her from her design, butshe answered only by quoting her bible, in which she obsery itis written," The widow who burns herself with her husband's body enjoys happiness with him in Heaven. Havingthusfailed in our entreaties, which are, indeed, usually to no purpose, we ordered a guard to watch, and take care that slue had no opitim or intoxicating drugs given her, and that she went to her d ea th i n h er senses , at l east as much so as she could be under the influence of such extraordinary fanaticism. The next morning, at day-break, we proceeded to the ground ap propriated to the ceremony, where the woman had gust arrived In a rude sort of car, carried on men's shoulders, and accom panied by the barbarous music of her country. She seemed quite unconcerned at the preparations for the horrid sacrifice she was about to perform. For my part, when I looked at the pile on which lay her husband's dead body, the faggots, her nearest relations with firebrands lighting the pile, the victim dressed and adorned with flowers, the whole scene appeared to me us a frightful vision : I could hardly persuade myself of its reality. I spoke to her once more (being a high -caste woman, she spoke the Hindoostane language), and represented to her the horrible death she was about to suffer, anti the long time she must con tinue in the most dreadful agony. I urged to her that it was no sudden or easy death by which she was to reach paradise, but protracted course of torture. She heard me out with calm. nets, thanked me for my intentions, which she admitted were good, but again repeated her intention so decidedly as to preclude any hope of saving her. I felt her pulse, and it was far calmer than my own at the moment 1 am writing. Airs. E. (of whom I have often made honourable mention) thinking her persuasions as one of her own sex, migh t av a il, th en went up to the wretched victim, and in the most earnest manner tried to dissuade her. She offered her a pension for life, and an honourable asylum in the Company's territories. Among other inducements, intending it probably as an appeal.to - female vanity, Mrs. E. said that she should 'be made a lady of, and • have a palanquin to ride; she immediately answered, pointing to the pile, ee lismara palkec hp—that is my i s t d anqu i n .” The victim then performed various ceremonies, and prepared • herself to jump on the pile, which was blazing to receive her. The flames had arisen to a great height, anti they were feedin g them with tar and faggots. I then addressed her for the last time ; told her no force should be used to keep her in the tire, but conjured her, if her resolution failed, to jump out and run to me; that I was surrounded by my • policemen, and that I would bear her away from her cruel relations to a place of safety, where they should never see her more. Her resolution was•not to be shaken. She then distributed flowers and sweet meats, gave me a piece of her dress, and having danced three times round the pile, threw herself in. At that moment the people shouted, the drums and native music struck up, and if she uttered any cries I heard them not. She resolutely sat in the tire, apparently alive, for two or three minutes, hut moved only her hands occasionally. Stich is the description of a dread ful act that takes place every day 1" MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A poor industrious woman named Cork, a widow with eight children, living at Barrow Green, in th e p ar i s h o f T en h am, was heating her oven on Sunday morning last, for the purpose of bak'ng some bread for- the use of her family (being prevente:l front so doing at other times, by the daily labour necessary for the support of herself and children), unfortunately her clo:ties caught fire by the flame from the mouth of the oven ; two of the children being present; and ' seeing their mother in flames, attempted with great presence of mind to extinguish the fire with a great coat, but their efforts were too kale to succeed; having burnt themselves in the attempt, they ran for aasistarm, but before any could be afforded, the ptior woman's clothes were almost entirely brunt from her; what . remi.inNl of them were extinguished by a pail of water being thrown over her ; a thick pair of stays appears to have saved the vital parts of her body. She is still living, but in a most dreadtlil state of suffering, with but little hopes of recovery. It appears she was so alarmed from the moment of her clothes taking fire, as to be incapable of the least effUrt to save herself. A comb which was in her hair was burnt almost to a cinder.--( stone Journal, May 13.) CORN EXCHANGE., Max 1 , 1. Our supplies since Monday are short, except some arrivals of a few Irish Oats, Wheat commading rather' higher price, and .we have ready sale of flour at fht. —Oats sell fully as well as on last Monday.—Pcuse and Beans are somewhat - Weer in price. , s at d at his lions lave .I. La r. ;5