The Sun. — London, England, 1819-07-15 00:00:00

DON JUAN. Tha Work, Wilk)) has been so mysteriously an t/4311"er! for some time, was yesterday given to the '‘ Puh lic ; and as our Readers will, naturally be de sirous of .k towing something respecting it, we l ave to inform them that it is obvionsl'y intended ,11 . 3 a Satire upon most of the conspicuous Cbarac 'tera of the day, and particularly on one of very 'xebec! rank. It is written in the style of the ? "to entitled BEPPO, which was founded upon 'l!tiother, professed to he written by WILLIAM a n ti 11() IeRTWHIsTLECHAVT, and that evidently upon manne r o f the l a te PETER PiNDig, but without humour,imagination,and poetical energy. Dos 641 q is ascribed to a Nobleman, whose poetical vi -1 "r and fertility have raised him into the highest tl tlit of mod e r n B ar d s . It seems evident that the it "kseller to whom it is said to have been con tined from abroad, did not think proper to be re sponsible for its contents, and therefore it is tipublished without any bookseller's name. In ,eed, we have heard that the bookseller to whom I I was entrusted not only demurred on publication, 114 t stat e d hi s o bj ect i on s to the Author. The Otter, however, according to report, was per *l°Ptoty in his order that it should be published, i lk " therefore it is now given to the world at ar ge• There is certainly much humour 'in the :" L . and it is written with great ease and spirit, " the freedom by which it is characterized, for it shel l's no respect for persons, is little calculated to iff9rd pleasure to loyal Readers, though it is Pt° bAle that its personal satire and ridicule will en der it generally acceptable, popular, and at tractive. FOR THE SUN. DEMOCRACY. I fft• EDI T O R —AII the sensible and disinterested het of the world have long been convinced that ( be idea of a perfect Democracy, as a form of Go lerotnet:t, founded on an equality of wealth and pow er, is mere delusion, and preached up only Z i tlose who wish to possess as much of both as Y can grasp, and then to cover themselves with e 'Peeions title of Rulcrs and Men of the gt e l ° Di s e, whom they secretly make use of as scape °F of their sins,while in truth they ate Leaders 4 P4CtiOn Stich a f orm o f G overn m e nt is proved by ea aetieoce to partake of both extremes ; tyranny pea anarchy; inclining to the former, in a time of p o ke, and to the latter in a time ot trouble. The h 4 e °f the Constitution in a Democracy is, as in ' '' l4 "( l 8111 I America, in a Stadtholder awl Pre tvtlf, in e i t h er o f whom an excess of authority 14 14 ever he apprehended, so lone as the innate ihNi e of lib er t y continueeto glow in their hearts, i ll "'telt- authority is sufficient to extinguish any t o " ) itt that crafty and seditious men may en.. " t4 tte for the sake of confusion. t i ,;" A ; D e mocracy, like the Dutch and American, is find w hat is contended for here by an INSANE R• No ! They, in the nonsense of their i k ,"red heads, and the wickedness of their foul 4 4: 13 . want what they know not how to describe ; * t hing unheard ot, in the Heavens above, :be kw beneath, or the waters under the earth ; a c lel bin the nickame.a Ilt.ptiblie, in ;Leaders ma y grow n tar, and their dearly belove which d e eti m Jten the People be kept as lean as so any % A :Market Jockeys, or as a lobes dorsales will "4 't them. NUIII.I. ESCAPE FROM GAOL. t e ll' l"trsd a y morning, about three o'clock, James „ r .° " J mpierson, Doig, and David hp 0 . l F csni fi ned in the tolbooth, Dundee, accused f 'l o - Pita, crime.:, effected their escape. These aloo g with a prisoner of the name of Ram tf?„' w ere confined in one cell, and had for some 413 Dieditated their escape. On Tuesday last, tillt't,rs wife brought to the prison, concealed her clothes , the head of a plek•axe, to ,-"'}'" them to cony on their operations. With lab Our they cut a passage through a 4 1 . 1 4 ""1 fo ur f eet i n thickness, b u il t o f l arge stones , 11, 11 ' 7 Y livened together with strong bars of iron li;r p i llis means a communication was opened wily east hall of the Town-house ; but as the hole a,: s at the height of about fi teen feet from the tl ke Z' L l i lley were un d er th e n e ces s ity of fastening th e b lankets and coverlets together, to enab le ba he t o descend. M' Pherson, Doig, and (fa ll, th e a lrtadv reached the floor, and Scott was in Ra act of following them, when the rope gave tpi t Y l ' "ltd he tell from a considerable height, hilt atttiht sustaining any material injury. The re prisoner, making a virtue of necessity, c~cusheits t h at h e did not i nten d to ma k e his 4 c :Pe• The pri nc ip a l ac t or i n th i s a ff a ir was L e " -tt, Whose doings we have more than once *o (i sion t o not i ce ; Ho d h e was f u ll y prepar - N qt ") resist in case of detection, being armed a bra ce of doable-barrelled p i stols, w i th ne tt e n he express( d himself determined to blow 4 4 the brai ns of the jailor, or any other per -11,1?"110 might offer to interrupt him. After get• " Imo the ball, the fugitives found it a Com- Of t a , tiv ely easy tas k to f orce open the lower door v4"e Town -house. Scott, before leaving town, t ta reliherittely went t o hi s own h ouse to con the th e k-axe. Three per s o ns , an swerin g Cirri es etiPtions of the others, were seen some b r otvi Ward s Hear M egg i nch. The other pri g 4) the jail endeavoured to give the alarm, Ar t fro m the windows,. but there being no t ea ," "H th e street at the time except a single t t , ii tn ger, who refused to carry the information 4.l..'ejftilor, the fugitives got dear off. We un 'l4l:4.,.‘e!ti that th e eonltunacions scavenger was %aul4l4ly dismissed from othce,—(Dundee ter.) I'UETRY. BY THE AUTHoE OF THE 44 REJECTED ADDRESSES." • This is a day for toeing it and heeling it, All are promenading it from high to low ; Run, neighbours, run, all London is quadrilling It, Order and Sobriety are dos a dim. King Alinack with his star and garter coteries, Never could anticipate such democratic votaries ; Cotrtiers and Citizens are flirting with Terpsichore, The town's our amphitheatre for capering anti trickery. Run, neighbours, run. Dames, travaliers, too irresolute - to stand alone, 'Deeming practice requisite to do things right; Like Harlequin and Columbine rehearsing with Le Pantaloon, Meet'slyly in the morning to prepare for night. Paine's first set invented to delight us, is St. James's, is St. Luke's, St Giles's, and St. Vitus's; Dandies turning tigurants, conceive they make a clever hit, And Widows, weighing thirty stone, attempt to Pas de Zephyr it. Run, neighbours, run. Nurse now ruminate, who fatter, or who thinner is, So wonderful tho' blunderful is Fashion's freak ; Baronets from Bootle's, money-lenders from the Minories, Are jumbled antitheticallyjowl by cheek; Trade stands still while traders are chasseeing it, Brokers from the water-side are busy balletsing it; Commodores with timber-toe are driven from their latitudes, And lanky Lady Mayoresses are sprawling into attitudes. Run, neighbours, run. The three Black Graces, Law. Physic, and Divinity, Walk hand in hand along the Strand, and hum " La Pottle," Trade quits her counter, Alma Mater her latinity, Proud again with Mr. Paine to go to school ; Should you want advice from Law, you'll nothing gain by asking it, Your Lawyer's not at Westminster, he's busy Pas ds Bas queing it; Should you wish to lose a tooth, and go to Waite for drawing it, He cannot possibly attend, he's demi queue dc chating it. Run, neighbours, run. Poor Haut Tun, it must strike with horror dumb her set, What mortal can consider it without dismay ? To see La Trentise to the kitchen nialo- a somerset, To keep her sister company, the lost Even while you listen unconscious to my ditty, Queen' Regent of the scullery, the pretty Mrs. Kitty, Holds up her check'd apron with whimpering simplicity, And thinks that she's glissading as graceful as humility. Run, nt ighbours, run. REGI6iLIi OF FAIIION. The EARL and COUNTESS of COVENTRY'S PARTY. Coventry House, in Piccadilly, was opcned yes terday evening to a select patty of the Fashionable World. A sumptuous ►►inner was giyen in the Great Banqueting Room, wherein appeared a glittering service ot s►l'.er plate. Tire tout side-tables to the magna•ent side-board were fully decorated with oinanients in gold, con= sisting of urns, cups, and flagons ; all were highly emblazoned with antique sculpture. The dinner-;able was illumined by an unique chandelier, composed wholly of one lllAss of glass, in sections, of cut paste spangles, encom passed by the cestus girdle. The enter lawmen( was given in cuu►plitnent to the PRtNcrs Raositur; but, ontortunately, his Royal Highnesses al one to the morning with a sligitt inflammation in the throat, which increased during the d3y. About five o'clock an apology was received. At I►;+lt past seven the following sat down to a dinner of three courses, viz.:— The Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Marquess of Headfort, Lord James and Lady Emily Min ray, Sir Edward Stoplord, Colonel and Lady Augusta Cotton, Earl of ►ar mouth, Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, Lord and Lady Graves, Earl of Fife, Mr. John Maurer*. About ten o'clock the three drawing-rooms, which are nosy enriched with crimson and gold, were illuminated by Grecian. lustres ot the fist magnitude and brilliancy. On Tuesday Prince Leopold gave a grand dinner to the Duke and Duchess of York at Marlborough House. Among the distinguished characters present to meet their Royal Highnesses, were—the Duke and Duchess or Beaufort, the Duke and Duchess San Carlos; Earls He.rdwicke, Mulgravi, Mount-Edgcumbe, Scarborough, Harrowby ; Countesses blulgrare, Harrowby; Viscount Palmerston, Lord and Lady Grantham. Earl Whitworth aid the Duchess of Dorset arrived yester day at t beir Pause, GI osvernor-square, front their scat, Kent. The Earl and Countess of Del by and family have left their seat, the Oaks, Kent, for Lancashire. Hon. Mrs. Calvert has left Upper Wimpole-street for WOrtliing. Hon. Colonel Knox has left Upper Grosvenor-street, for Cheltenham. SPORTING IN I'ELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING. WFDNCSOAY, JULY 14. Sweepstakes of 100 gs each. T.Y.C. Ld G. H. Cavendish's Zero, Bst. 81b.... • 1 1). of Grafton's Zest, 7st. 51b. Mr. Prince's c. Zadig, 7st. 21b 6to 4 agst Zero-4 to 1 agst Zest—Even on Zadig. Handicap Sweeptakes of lOgs each, for three and four-yr olds. D.M. Ld G. H. Cavendish names Wonvermans, 4 yrs, Bst. 81b. 1 IA Stawell's Fay, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b. Mr. Crockford's Fairy, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b. Three pd ft. a 6 to 5 agst Viyouvermans-6 to 4 agst Fay. The Town Plate of Fifty Pounds, for three-yr-old colts, Bst.4lb._ and fillies, Bst. Ladt mile and distance of B.C. Mr. Wyndham's gr. c. by Skiddaw 1 Mr. Prince's ch. e. Zadig.. 2 D. of Gratton's hr. f. Zest . The Judge placed but three. 5 to 4 agst Skiddaw-4 to 1 agst Zadig-5 to 1 agst Zest. Sweepstakes of 100 gs each, eolts, Bst. 61b. fillies, Set. 41b. T Y.C. Ld Exrter's c. by Pericles, dam by Sancbo 1 Gen. Grosvenor 's f. Malmsey, by Clierrybounce 2 One pd to 1 on Pericles c. CRICXET.—The Grand Match at Cricket, in Lord's Ground, between the Mary. le-Bone against Bullingdon Club, was de cided on Tuesday last. Mary-le•Bone —First Innings, 274 ; Second Innings, 291. Bullingdon—First Innings, 155. The Match was given up.-6 to 4at startiug in favour of Mary-14 Bone. CItiEATRICAL PORTRAITS. • So much has been said of the Collection of Theatrical Puttraits which belonged to the Pro prietor of Covent Oar.len Theatre, that out Country Readers may he desirous or knowing of what they consisted, and at what pr ices they were sold, we therefore insert the following list, which, ' we presume, is correct Guineas. 6 Ben Jonson (the poet), an original - Tenducci,• an original, came - to trigland Ifso G:iinaborouch Mrs. Pritchard, of Covent-garden Theatre, the greatest ornament of the stage in her time Hainan Fischer, the celebrated oboe player, original, most intimate friend of Gainsborougii, who married his `eldest daughter - Goinsborough Mrs. Clendining, as Rosina, first appealane at Co vent-garden, Nov. 1792, as Clara Gainshor,up,h Dupont !Middleton, first appeaeance at Covent-garden, Sept. 1789, Romeo ditto Holman, as Mad Tam, first appeariacc at COvelit gard,i), as Koine., Oct. {7B/ ditto Airs. H. Johnston, as Rosalind, in which character shr made her first appearance at the Haytnarket, Sept. 1793 ditto Nliirury, as Baron Wildenheim, first appearance at Covent-garden, Sept. 1796, as Shylock ditto H. Johnston, as Douglas, in which character he made his first appearance at Covent-garden, Oct. 1797 ditto Lewis, as Mercutio, first appearance at Covent-gar den, as Beleour, Oct. ,773 ditto Mrs. Dickiiiis (when Miss Poole), first appearance at Covent-gardro, Oct. 1793 - ditto Pope. as 114iiilet, first appearance at Covent-garden, Jan. 17,45, as Oronooko - ditto Mrs. H. Niddons, first appearance, May 1798, Perditta ditto Mrs Martyr, as Euphrosyne in Conine, first appear ance at Covent garden, February, 1779, as Rosetta ditto Mrs. Pope s as Queen Katherine, first appearance at Drury lane, Oct. 1768, as lalagen ditto Mrs. Mattocks, as Mrs. Ford, first appearance at Co vent garden, as Juliet, April 1762 ditto Quick, as Spada,, iii the Castle of Andalusia, first ap pearance anont 1767, 1 - laynuarhet ditto Mis. Mountain, as Peggy, in the Gentle Shepherd, first appearance at Covent-garden, October, 1786 ditto ditto Signora Storace Mrs. Camph,-11 (late Miss Wallis), as Ituogen, in which character she wade her first appearance at Co vent-garden, October, 1794 ditto Wilde'', as Polonius, first appearance at Covent garden, October, 1790, as Sir F. Gripe ditto John Johnstone, as Sir CaHagan O'Brallaghan, first appearance at Covent-garden, as Lionel, October, 1783, original - - - - Shee Betty, the Young Roscius, as Norval, original Nottlicote Barrington, as Teague, in the Committee, a famous actor at Curt nt•garden Theatre in I 749, the uncle of Mrs. Mattocks Sir Godfrey Kneller Barry and Mrs. Elwy, as Hamlet and hi; Mother (1757) - - Hayman George Colman, the elder - Z•ffuny Head of Mrs. Yates, an original, undoubted Sir Joshua Reynolds Macklin, an original - - 011ie Cooke, first appearance, Covent-garden, October, 1800 - - - Shee - Opie Gainshorough - Shee Nits. Itichbalil, the celebrated authoress, mi. ginal Quin, original Lew►s, orie, nal Fawcett, in t'he Travellers in Switzerland . .. Mrs. ()Wield, original, by Richardson, a Painter ce lebrated by Pope in his Works, as the Reynolds of his day, appearance 1698, died 1730 Leve-ridge, a famous bass singer at Covent-garden Theatre, i the time of Mr. Rich, the writer and com poser of the song of " 0, the Roast Beef of Old Eng land." First appearance at Drury-lane 1699, quitted the stage 1751, died 1758 Mrs. Yates, an original Coates Lacy, a very famous actor, and great favourite of Charles it by whose command he was drawn in three differ.mt characters; presumed to be those in which he was most celebrated : died 1681 -10 A - 11 Ciboer, as Lord Foppington, an original - Harry Woodward, as Petruchio, an original Van de Gucht Leigh, as the Spanish Fryar, an original, in 1619 Sir Godfrey Kne ller Portrait of Mrs. Wollington, painted expressly for Garrick by , - Old Moreland Futi-length Figures of Comedy and Tragedy, with cultidous, Lowers, &C. to form a ceiling Capriani The Screen-scene in the School for Scandal, with originals of Mrs. Abington, King, Smith, awl John Palmer Roberts Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard, as Ranger and Cla rinda, in the Suspicions Husband, painted in the cos tume of the day, original Hayman Two large and very fine Historical Paintings, the subjects from Richard 111. the infant Edward V. and his broth{ i the Duke of York, with au original Por trait Of .1 I'. Kemple ' - Nor' hi:We Ga. rick an original - Zilfa try A Scene in Hamlet, with Hamlet, the Queen, awl th.• Ghost - - -Roberts Mrs. Pritchard, a fine large portrait - - Mrs. Dnvenpurt - - Burnell The Supper Scene in the Children in the• Wood, with Portraits of Bannister, Mrs. Bland, and Mrs. Booth - - - be Wilde Munden, as ' Verdun, the Old Butler, in Lovers' Vows - - - be Wilde BUONAPARTE'S CARRIAGE, &c. At the late sale of the contents of Mr. Bullock's Museum, the articles brought a much higher price than was originally expected. BUONAPARTE'S Carriage, and the different dressing materials it contained, and which were takers by the Prussians at Vtaterloo, were sought with great avidity. The following are the prices they brought : For the Carriage, which bad been exhibited in every town in the empire, and was quite worn • out in the service, there were several 'bidders. It was originally built at Brussels, and had been ' used by Buonaparte in the last Russian campaign, and subsequently at Elba, and finally in Flan ders—it was knocked down for £l6B 0 0 The Opera Glass 5 5 0 Tooth Brush 3 IS 6 Snuff-box .. Military Stock or Collar Old Slippers Commi;ii Razor Piece of Sponge 4 4 0 0 17 6 Shaving-biusli - Shirt .. 3 14 0 2 5 0 Comb Shaving-box 1 0 0 .7 7 0 Pair of Gloves Pocket Handkerchief • 1 0 0 .... 1 11 6 The other articles brought prices equally high. DROWNING —Twb youths, of the names of Jacks and Henderson, the former a school-hoy, and the latter an apprentice to a draper in Port land-street, fell out of a boat and were drowned in Chelsea-reach, on the evening ot the sham naval engagement. There were six ot them in company, and when they left Chelsea tor Lon don, some of them were observed to have drank very freely. Yesterday afternoon, as Mrs. Burgess, of Lock's-fields, attended by her daughter, a cl it I 10 years old, was walking alone . High -street, three young urchins sprung on the little girl, and pulled her coral beads off her neck Mrs B. gave all alarm, on which they were overtaken and ex amined before Alderman SNIITH ) and two of them committed. SHIP -NEWS: PORTSMOUTH. JULY 14.--Artirerl the Triune, SCOTT, from Riga. Sailed hisNlajcs , ys ship Ma gicietine to the Eastward ; Nicholson, (alums, for Bermuda ; Demerara Packet, VENABLFS, for Demerara ; Susannah, WALLIS, for Rio Janeiro; Cossack, M'I3rATH, for New York ; Hope, WM , . sos, for Tobago ; and JIIIIO, 'PRIT.CHARDi for Halifax. Came into harbour his Majesty's ship Leander, to be paid off. Passed down Channel the Kingstoil, Bowew, for India. DEAL, JULY 14.—Arrived the Ann, EILLY, from New Brunswick for Hull. Came down from the River, and sailed, the Isis, PHILLIPS, for the Cape of Good Hope. FALMOUTH, JULY 14 —Soiled the Peggy trans port for Halifax ; Stanmer packet, for Jamaica, and Nocton packet, for America, both with 4 I mails. 11 2-2 8 HARWICH, JULY 14.--Arrived the E lip,e packet horn Holland, anti Jane packet trom Got tenburgh. &died the Henry Freellng packet for Holland, anti Beatifoy packet for Cuxhavan—all with mails. Yesterday the Duke of YORK and Prince LEOPOLD visited the PRINCE. RLGE NT, tII Carlton House . Miss O'NEILL and Mr. C. KFMBLE have left town for Dublin, where they are both engaged to perform on Mondly next. Mrs. DAVISON, so unaccountably discharged front Drury-lane Theatre, is performing very suc cessfully at Newcastle•on-'Tyne. Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India House for the election of a Director, in the room of SAMUEL Davis, Esq. deceased. At six o'clock the glasses were closed and delivered to the scru tineers, who reported the election to have fallen on JOHN GOLDSIOROUGH 'RAVENSHAW, E•ei. The officers and European non-commissioned officers of the 4th West India Regiment, lately disbanded, are arrived at Plymouth from Sierra Leone. The privates, composed of Africans (chiefly rescued slaves), are allowed portions of land in the colony, or permission to return to their native districts, if they prefer so doing. On Saturday, in the Jury Court, an action of damages was tried, at the instance of Mr. George Allan, against the proprietors of a Perth coach, for the great injury sustained by him by the over. turning of their coach a considerable time ago. Atter a trial which lasted several hours, the Jury returned a verdict, giving Mr. Allan 10001. da mages, and 2001. for his medical expences.—This day the High Court of Justiciary met, when the Solicitor-General, Henry Home Di ummond,Jamea Allan Macconochie, and John Hope, Esqr . the oaths as Advocates-Deputes to Sir Rae, Bart. Lord Advocate of Scotland.—Edin- Lurgh Courant. July 12. The improvements upon the harbour of Mace Mac duff proceed with great rapidity, and, when completed, will be of the highest utility to the trading interest of Scotland It will be decidedly the safest harbour on the east coast of Scotland, and accessible to ships in distress when no other could be attempted. Those improvements al ready contracted for amount to not less than 70001. and which are in progress of brine expend ed, at the entire private cost of the Earl of Fite, without having hitherto obtained any public or Parliamentary aid. A letter from Liverpool, dated Joly 12. says— " A serious riot rook place hire this d y, in con sequence of the procession of air &ranee Lodge of Freemasons parading the streets, with a bated of music, and dressed our in all their insiania, with orange-coloured ribands and flags, this being tt e anniversary of the battle of the Boyne. A party of Irishmen who were determined to oppose them, assembled for that purpose at the bottom of Shaw's-brow, and ai”ulted the Members of the Club with bricks, &c. by which several indivi duals were very much injured ; but the polices were soon on the alert, and have taken five or six of the ringleaders into custody, and all is now quiet." The Anniversary Meeting of the General Wes. leyan Missionary Society was lately held at the City Road Chapel, London, Jos. BUTTER.. WORTH, Esq. in the Chair. . The state of ,the Missions were reported to be highly prosper. ous, and the advancement of the great object they contemplated in common with all other Christian Missions, the Evangelization of the Heathen, steadily progressive. The meet. lug was successively addressed by the Ch air man ; the Rev. W. Griffiths ; Dr. Zakkerbecker, a Russian physician ; W. Wilberforce, Esq. M. P. ; Reverend G. B. Mitchell, Vicar of St. Mary's, Leicester ; Reverend Mr. Brown, front Hayti ; J. Dyer, Esq. of the Admiralty ; L. ktis lope, Esq. ; Colonel Sandys, from Ceylon ; the Rev. S. Wood, oc Dublin, (who presented the society with 1,5001. the moiety of a legacy lately bequeathed to the Society by a lady deceased in Ireland, who has also left to it a considerable annual income) ; and a number of other ministers and gentlemen. Much of ariimated end argumentative eloquence was displayed, and large collections were made in aid of the funds of the society. STOLEN Cuters.—lt will he reeollec•ed that, a few days since, a statement appeared respecting this strange transaction, in which it was sa;e that Mrs. MORTIMER, the mother of the lost infant, had received intelligence o! her child, and had ap. plied to Lord SIDMOUTH and others for the !ir. pose of recovering it. This, however, was 'rot correct. The parents certainly received a letter, dared " Horebridge, Surrey," giving information 'hat a Child answering tke description was at that place, nailer the charge of an old woman and , errant, having the appearance of t 1 C' oman that stole the infant, but without name or any cling else that could lead to a finding of the parties.-- On an Officer going down to Horehruige, he found, on enquiry. the whole of the leitet no he a gross fabrication, and was, doubt iess, mashie. tion 44 some miscreant concerned in the neiartuus transaction.