The Sun. — London, England, 1816-07-08 00:00:00

r ~' it is %%:ith 14gret, we:iiillicintece to OtW Readers the dell' th of the Right lionotirable lt:cu- Mtn Il1ttN51:7?)? tillitlt)Xtl, who, alter a seVere"ttnet protracted l'lltiess, 6(lth:ea yesterday at' noon, in the. 65th year of hi age. The vatittles Sensatio6Siinder 4eht:ele .. We, the rest of the World, 'ct; : iiicnrplated the course of this extraordinary marl while living, have been so far rectelled to us by the recent event of his de cease, that We cannot diiniiss the account of It like ercommon-Place te'rtieie Of the ?bit nary. We do not strive to check of grief and pity which mingle infration TOr a loSt Gaon of gittias. It is always tilteresting, whether gratifyip or painful, to Meditate the history of a distinguished man ; and More es‘Pecially of a Min, from the ma terials of whose character even more of wanting than of example May be collected. From the mist ture and counteraction Of 'high endowments with vulgar infirmities and unfortunate habits, Ordinary men derive lessons of candour and t o'nfentment. We cease to murtour at any Seetning'perrtiaiity in the distribution of intellectual' gifts among man kind, when we see the most useful qualities with- into orators and Sta(esmeo ;—these were forrui. held from or disdained by those upon whom ti►e most splendid have been munificently lavished. It extends our charity, and abates our pride, to reflect with calmness on the fate of one Who was equally the delight of society, and the grace of H. .terature,—whom it has been for many years the fashion to quota as a bold reprover of the selfish spirit of party; and throughout a period fruitful of able Men and trying circumstances, as a most popular specimen in the /kids!) senate of political consistency, intrepidity, and honour. It is needless to say much on those intellectual pos►'erit whose living memorials are formed to coniinand the admiration of every Ware age.— The astonishing talent for observation, and know• ledge of character, displayed by BIr.SHISRIDAN in his dramatic writings, will 'surprise us more when we recollect that be compOsed The Rival whilst yet a boy ; and that his School for Scandiil was written at four and twenty. Those who are best 'acquainted with the history of. the Stage for an hundred years preceding their appearance, can best appreciate the obligations of the public to an author, whose dialogue has the spirit of reality without its coarseness—who neither wearies nor *Wends his audience—but whose sentiment is ani coated, and wit refined. His Opera is another specimen of various power, and St ►ERMMAN has combined in the plot and language of his Duentra the charms of delicacy, elegance, and ingenuity; and in his songs has discovered a taste and pathos of high poetical beauty. If we pursue Mr. SREXIDAN into political life. We shall have equal cause to admire the vigour and versatility of his genius. The field on every side of him was occupied by the ablest men who bid appeared in Parliament for more than half a century. Bum, whose mature mind was richly furnished front the intellectual stores of all ages and of all nations—Xtrr and Fox, not left like Suserrics to chance, but 'trained and mouldec. &hie checks to the rise of an adventurer not re commended by character nor connexion—never educated for public life—beset by a thousand mis chievons habits—crusted over with indolence, and depressed by fortune. Some wonderous internal power buoyed him up, and a temper invulnerable to ordinary attacks left him at sail times in possession of li c ts unshaken facul ties. In co-operation therefore, or rivalry, or hostility, with the first men of his day, he dis tinguished himself amongst them by wielding with success the various weapons for which they were- respectively celebrated. In flow of diction he yielded. not even to Mr. PITT.---111 force and acuteness he might justly.be compared with the foremost Opposition Leader—while in splendour imagination,he eq►►alled Humus, and in its use and management excelled him. His sarcasms •err fine, and only less severe, than those by which 111 r. PITT indulged his anger ; and the wit he displayed in Parliament was, perhaps from the suavity of his temper, much Lis slidrp than btaliant. But the quality .which predo minated over all its companions in- the mind of Mr. SIIVRIDAN was his exquisite and highly finished taste. In this rare talent he had no com petitor ; and this it was which gave such Cable grace to ilia expressions, and which', in ay- Ailing or declaiming, in ettlogy or invective, till .poletli his thoughts an effect so full and ad- Inhabit!. ' We cannot expatiate farther opt his rhetorical qualifie4tions than by observing, that 'he joined to the higher attributes above spoken of, lite natural advantages of a clear and nielotlioup A' oice, a distinct, emphatic, and unaffected utter !. twee ; atiti a manly and becoming action. As lir. SU DAI,I has produced`a comedy Which May b. des:: ibed as nearly the best in our language, so speecU on the mai MASTINGS, one Or the finest sPecimens of English fenatorial elo quence of which lundern time: S can timst. this grand 'at at ion, although none but those %rho beat : d it can adequately judge, enough 'emains to justify our praisei the fraginents handed down to US by the pablicaiinni of brat Period', and in the recorded sentiments of the leaders of all por tico. Mr. SUER' DAN then reached the 'pinnacle of WO Gone. No length of dais could add to the ce lebrity of that moment poOred urOand him, a s s an orator and statesman Of comprelieniiVe and transcendant powers—no human fertnne could have surpassed the expectations then 'formed of his Future eminence. Why they have not ,since been realized, is a question which posterity will not fail to ask. We pass by the details of his parliamen tary progress, from the discussions on the RegericY in 1789, to those on the same subject in 1611. Many important questions, many dangerous crises, which arose in the long interval between these periods, gave Mr. SiIERIDAN the means to esta blish for himself an occasional interest with the people of England, distinct from any that could have been derived front mere proofs of talent, or influence of party. On the mutiny at the Nore, he enjoyed the credit of essentially contributing to save the State Whenever the Liberty of the Press was attacked, that bul wark of the Constitution. found in him its most zealous .and consistent defender : and when the early burst of Spanish patriotism had raised a strong sympathy throughout this country, it was Mr. SHERIDAN who first gave form and expression to the feelings which swelled every English heart ; and who traced in Parliament the natural rela tion between. the support of Spain and the deliverance of Europe: Without instituting too severe or invidious scrutiny into the justice of those high encomiums which have been passed on Mr. SHRRIDANIS patriotic spirit, we shall mere ly observe, that one object of our admiration is. the exquisite judgment—the dexterity of tact— . with which he at all times seized the full title of public sentiment, and turned it into the proper channel, Bet it must be acknowleged that the longir he retnained in the House of Commons, and before the public, the more his personal conse quence declined. Mr. SHERIDAN had never in his happiest days effected any thing by steady applica thin. He was capable of intense, but not of regular • study. When public duty or private difficulty urged him, he endured the harden as if asleep under its pressure. At lengih, when the pain could be no longer borne, he roused himself with one mighty effort, and burst like a lion through the toils.— There are reasons for believing that his consti tutional indolence began its operation upon Mss habits at an early age. His very first &made scenes were written by snatches, with considerable intervals between them.— Convivial pie sates had lively charms for one - whose wit was the soul of the table ; and the swirling glass—the tuedimn of social in tercoure—bad no small share of his affection. — These were joys to be indulged Without effort : as such they were too. 'vi it calculated to absorb the, time of Mr:•Sit BRIDAN, and sooner or later is make large encroaeltarenis on his character. His attend ance In Parliament became every year more lan guid—the via ineeliaS snore incurable—the plunges by which his genius had now and then extri ,. eted him in former times less ftequ , !nt od more feeble. We never witnessed a comp's. 11)11Ch mart melancholy than between the brilliant and 4:ollllTlto . .sing talent displayed by Mr. S. throughout tee first regency discussioes, and the low scale of :!.'rve, activity, and capacity, to which be seemed reduced, when that subject was more recently agitated in Par liament. But indolence and intemperance must banish reflection,. if ntst corrected by it ; since no man could support the torture of perpetual self reproach. Aggravated, we fear, by some 'such causes, the naturally careless temper of. Mr. Sus beellme ruinous to aU his better hopes and prospects. Without a direct apriite for spend ing us spay, he thought not of checking its ex penditnre. The economy of time was as Much disregarded as that of money. All the arrange. ments, punctualities, and minor obligations of life were forgotten, and the household of Mr, SHERIDAN was always in h state of nature. His . domestic feelings were originally kind, and his initialers !malt: : but the same bad habits seduced him Iron the House of Commons, and from bottle ; and equally injured hint as au agent of the public good, and its a dispenser of private happi ness. It is painful, it is mortifying, but it is our sacred duty, to pursue this history to the end.-- , Pecuniary embarraisments often lead men to shifts and . expediews—these exhausted, to others of a less doubtful colour. Biuuteul sensibility—re newed excesses—loss of cast in society—foliose. each other in melancholy succession, until soli-, tulle and darkness close the scene. Mr. SHERIDAN ‘VII3 born in St. Mary's Parish, Dahlia, from which he was removed, when about eight years of age, to London, and sent to West., minater School. After passing through College, he Wil6 entered a student at the Temple, end was, we believe, Called to the Bar, butt never practised at it. At n, very earlrage he married 141i145 LU r, so celebrated for her beauty and vocal powers, by whom he bad one son, the present Mr. THOMAS SHERIDAN, who now fills an office at the Cape of Good Hope, Afterber death, he married Miss OGLs, niece to the Dean of WINCHEST4O, WllO survives him by wboux he had one soti # the :iurrey, the property of sk.Wit. rat the date arrangentent tar rebuilding Drurplitne Thee- tre, a large property in boxes was reserved to him in consideration Of ris interest in that establish , • - ment. He also held the office of Tretraufer of the Duchy . of Cornwall, 'to which he was appointed by his Royal flightless the Prince of WaLtri, now become vacant. Fie also a Privy CounsellOr, and asaubli entitled Right orrourahle. Mr. S;lRRlDAN . repreetped the town of Stafford in 'several Parliaments, and would have probably continued to doso until his death, had he not preferred standing for the City of Westminster, tor which he seas returned in the Fox and Gren ville AttOdnistration, tattler which he filled the office Of Treasurer ot the 1 4 1aVy, far the short pe riod of Qui year. Pei - son, Mr. SitralDAN was &Ye the middle size, Of a robtist constitution , well limbed, in clining K little to a stoop, and.de.p in the chest. Its eye was black, and of uncommon brilliancy and expression. SirJostithsßectaoLDS said that the pupil was the largest of any human eye that he had ever painted. . 'relent seems to have been alMost hereditary in the 84ittinAu family. Mr. SHERIDAN'S grandla 7 titer was `the intimate and esteemed friend of the celebrated ,s • Nty'r. , His father and mother were both eminent, Ina. talent and literary attainments. The Vista t , iLf Sweden, by his hrothe'r, formerly' Secretary of IVar,in Ireland, is a work of merit ; and the Sons of Erin, a popular comedy, is from the pen of his sister', Mrs.. LaFANU, of Dublin. A Morning . Paper says, that ,Mr.Sneatirata thonght himself three years older than we heVe stated (viz. GS), and adds, a that 'or several weeks prior to his . death he lay under arrest', that it was only by the fartrOOs and humanity of the 'two eminent Physioians 'scho attended him, Dr. BMWS and Dr. BAIN, that an ebdurate at• torney was prevented front executing a threat to remove him from his hore,e to a death bed in gaol.'' have even heard it whispiaidl that an Wen . tion was entertained o f arresting his corpse; but we trust dolt, if there is a heart sia hard, and a mind so uninformed, as to attempt this barbarous design, the monster, whoever he may be, will be taught that it is equally against the law of _the land end the feelings of hutuaniry. Such a mode of extorting money from lacerated souls catnot be tolerated in a civilized country, and will not, lw e hope, for the honour of our nature, be perse vered in, if it should ever have been thought of. Mr. SHERIDAN is the last of that gallaxy of ,genius which adorned Great Britain towards the close of last century. It shone not alone in the Political hemisphere, but in Literat ore and the % Arts ; and in all the subject of this memoir was so pre-eminent as to add greatly to the grief Ulrich must be felt, when so much of what is di vine in intellect, experiences the dreird transition which most awfully demons; rates how much of morrality mingle with the godlike attribute. The Rivu/s, Mr. Stigma/tars first work, ap peared in l77s—the Critic was the last which he acknowledged. One anecdote, which wohave heard, serves to illustrate the diversity and splendour of hie ta 'eras. On an evening when he delivered. one of his finest addresses in the British Senate, the Dueneo was performed at one, and the Schooifor & w ard 'at th e o th e r of o ur ational Theatreir Thais, at one bout, did thousands of his of. miring countrymen, in three different pines, feast on the . produce of his exuberant mind.— Such was the fascination of his manners and convivial powers in triviste life, that it was ins' possible, after an.y intereoitrse with him, not to take a warm interest in his oehalf—to forget, as we do now, all his foibles, and LIM ! " ta remember his wit, Ids ingenuousness,, his candour, and :his genius. We must nqw conclude this obituary, and we do so by expressing a hope that the biography of Mr. Su RRIDAN May be' undertakenliy u person qualified fur the labour=--•and few there are, for it is a fine and Copithis subject demanding a.inas ter's hand---:-and that a collection at his Worlii, published and - unpublished, may With all cOnve nient speed enrich the literary world, and delight the public, The example set by the liiiston-moor in dragging their 'waggons and petitions through the country, As we anticipated, had many imitators. On Saturday week a waggon lOad of coals, drawn by 80 With ropes, arrived in Leicester, where they collected a considerable sum of Money. Al second load arrived au Mon day, butt the collection was of course to a smaller atutiont. The men behaved well, Ant it is assert ed that they had a certificate of their necessities, Isigneit by the Minister of their parish, : but we cannot credit so improbable tit story. Another team of collie's passed through Leicester on Thursda) last, begging their way northwards.-- The coals which the colliers were drawing Were given them by the manager of a great colliery, for the pugilist of their being draWn to London. They had a painted board too ; says the same au thority, containing a Magistrate's certificate in their favour. Letters froth. Leieestershire state, that through the activity of the Magistrates, and the OfNeers sent down from London, two men were on Thurs day brought to Leicester gaol; on auspicirin of being concerned In the attack upon Air: cotr's manufactory at Loughborough another mAn is in custody at Loughborough : and one let ter says, that tWO of the ,gang haVe impeached their accomplices. When they entered the mantt factorY they had their faces blacked', and each was armed with a bayonet (hung through' the hutton-hole of his Oat) a pistol; and a hatchet. thOr Captain, as they called him, was mounted on a fine luirse, and leaped over the toll-gate going to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The poor watchman, whom they shot in tho neck, has had the ball extraceed, end is said to be out of danger. ley the destruction of this 'manufactory, above 300 bands are thrown nut OreloplarnePt! tst - k Kurd's HaSt..i'ti.--Satteiday mottling early, ter MAsssrY, accompanied by Princesses Augusta and Elizabeth, left the Queen's Palace for Wind anr; cocotte(' by a party of the Royal Horse( Guards, The QiiPen alighted, on her arrival at Wiodsor, at the entrance to the King's private apartments,' and went to see. her Royal and af flicted t unsure. Sobn after twelve o'clock her Majesty held a QuarterlY Council on the state of tie King, which was itttefiffed by the Archbish o p Of Canterbury, the Archbishop at York, the Lord Chni!cellor, the Duke of Montrose, the Earl of Wittehelsea, Lord Arden, ,and Lord Ellcubo rOuglr. , The Report of the five Physicians in at tendance upon the king was reCalvA, upon which. a Report WAS made for the information of th e public, end g - eicieber to be deposited at the Connell Office, which was ieti Oy the Archbishop of Can terbury at the„Conneil Office on his ,return to Lambeth Palace. ,Yeseerby the following .1.3‘11;- letin was exhlbited.at St. James's Palace, wh ere Lord St. fichi's, and Admiral Sir A r th ur L egge, the L or d and Groom in Waiting, with a Page, attended to exhibit it " WINDSOR CASTLE, JULY 6. " His Majesty bas .enjoyed goad bodily health, and has in feneral, been tranquil throughout the last, month, but hit Majesty's disorder is . not abated. ," H. IiALFORP, ". 3. WILLIS, " AI. BAILLIE AND "W. aIiBERDEN, " It. WILLIS." Friday . the PCnce Regent gave a grand dinneri after the Levee',.to the Duke of Wellington, the 11frirquis WelleAcy, Sir Ifenry Wellesley, th e Right ` Hon. IVelteslty role, and a 'mber of miler distinguished characters. . ',che Pfince Regent dined with Prince Ester• hazy yesterday and a heleet party. , After the breaki . ng . up of the Council, the Queen and rrincesseS went to the Princess Elizaheth's , cottage in Old Windsot.. The R o y a l. Party, after unitising themselves there for some time, went to Frogniore, where they dined at the Queen's house, and afterwards left for London, dull arrived at the Queen's Palace soon aft e r ei g ht o'clock. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Princesses Augusta end Elizabeth. The Princess Mary remained at Windsor. On Saturday, soon after four o'clock, the . Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold received ark Addroisfroin the county of Suffolk, presented by Sir W. Rowley, Mr. Gooch, Lord ilnutingfield, ,sir Sayville, Feritiyer, Mr. Pmiward, and Colonel. Sir Kerrison. Her Royal Highness turd his Serene,Highness afterwards reeeited an Address from the Borough of Great Yarmouth.; lPresented by Lord Sydney, the High Steward, and the Members for the Bo«. rough, General Loftus and Mr. Lacon. The Princess and Prince ut the stance time re. eeiyed an ,Odress upon. timir marriage from the Town an►l Part 'of Sandwich, by Sir J. Yorke, and J. Marryat, the Members. • Au Address was likewise presented horn Ply mouth, by Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, the Member for that Borough, and the Mayor. Saturday the Princess Charlotte and Prince Lio. poll had a grand dinner party, at which were pee sent the Duke and Duchess of York, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Landerdale, the Marquis of Anima, Sir Henry TOrrens, Sir Colin Cramp• b e ll, colonel Upton, Colonel Cobite, and Colo., nel Armstrong. Atter the breaking up of the dinner, party, the Princess nod Prince hotionrell the Operit'ivith thceir presence. Saturday the Duke and Duchess of Cumber land attended a grand entertainment, given by Prince nod Princess Esterbazy. The Duke of Cumberland's band attended, from Kew, upon the occasion. , Yesterday :Divine Service was performed at Cariton-bonse, by the licv V. W. Blomberg. • Divine Service was yesieiday performed at the Queen's Palacev by the (;h,+ { }lai in Waiting. ONIUINAL POETRY. THE LIM ADVENTURES, AND DEATH or MRS. ANa MASTER HENDERSOn, did you hear of Mrs. Henderson ? One morning she did send her Son To the Cobler's stall to mend her Son, And makt !dal alter his pace. Then valiant Mrs. Henderson Deirrotinvtl to defend her Son )''rota the Pawnlit - deer, Wbo would lend. her Sou Money On his gold lace. Theo motherly Mrc. flenderson Ordarecl she would attend tier Sun To the Aliuisterli o to befriend 14or Son With a snug Sinecort Place* And the Letter of Mrs. Iftndersort ~ • Ve'tylotartily did commend her Sop, Tian. women or: could net bend her Sun To bring on her ally dibgritca. But uh poor Mrs. Henderson! 'l't Ministers did suspend her Sun, Though he was such ri tundcr Son, And looking so well in the fate. Unfortunate" Mrs. gentlerson ! The sad disappointment did end her Son o So up in hts coffin she penn`d her Sort— Oh was not that a poor case ? CORN ExCLIAtidE, JULY B.—Our nuttket con* litmus must abundantly supplied with Wheat, and for which there being very little demand, sales were heavy this morning, and only that of fine quality found buyers, but for sech description. last Monday's prices were obtained ; all other sorts are of noininal value. Oats were dull sale, and about Is. per quarter lower. In Barley, Peas, and Beans, there is no alteration. Smyrurixt.p, JULY a.---This clay's Market was well sup plied with prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in -general was considerable t Beef, Lamb, end Veal, wereelteaper Mot» ton and Fork sold at last prices ; and the trade, for the most part, was somewhat brisk. The sales in the Hay.tearket were rattier lively t Hay, Straw, and Clovpr, fetched last prices. The payment of the July dividends at the Rank will be to the Stalkers thislay, and to Ott Public to.pterrow, 3