The Sun. — London, England, 1819-01-01 00:00:00

COMMANDERIN-tillE, • There was a Lettet in .The Morning Chronicle of Tuesday last,.,a continuation ot . which appeal t , l in the same Paper of the following day, tig , c-d Junius Militaris, severely reflecting upon the pie sent Illusirions COMMAIDER• EF, anJ many of the Officers immediately connected wiih the Military Depart went, as weil as in condenui:t 7 lion of the hole of our Military System. A newspaper is often led into mistdhes by a hasty insertion of matters on which, .irnitlst the pres sure of business, it has not time to reqeet, and, tkerefore, shoithl have excused The Morning Chronicle, if the attack had .not been so.elanorate, end written w.i It so much e;uld-blooded petse- l 'erance and malignity. However, as it has this day made the ameirde honorcilde, in answer to i ts Correspondent, and s the answer con tains a satisfactory relocation of the chargts ur ged by that Correspondent, we shall insert tt ourselys, in justice to the CommANoen7l.l - and io vin&cation of that Mititagy Sys tens which hai lon.;, under the judicious superin tendance of his ROYAL HIGHNASS, stood in htt n,utir compari ,, m with that of any other 141 tion, every noittt of knowledge, disci and charac:er, and which has enabled th ' n . itt:ll Army to be chiefly instrumental in the „t Europe, triiniAted by the sound Po t il at d persevering", rectitude which have so watlied toe Goveroineitt of the present illustrious Representative of our venerable So veleign. I ty.e are truly concerned that, during the se """ indispostiton of the Editor, a leiter made its a yPrFtrance in this Paper, reflecting on the con 6"''7, of the C , tmmANDEIt•IN-CtiteF, and of the Oificers under his Royal Highness. A coinplcisoii was set tip between the system of his /loyal Highness and that of the late Lord AM• Now the Editot is old enough to recol lect ;tie sitnatiou of the Artily Office in the time tit the Nohlr Lord, and he can truly say, that the Ar my i... highly indebted to the present COM IIANDEN-IN -CHIEF for correcling the many ant! ‘caudalotts abuses tehich prevailed at the time JI ludt-,! to. " Doting the period the late Lord AMHERST I V" C Anotander s in-Chicf, he hcld Milittry Le- S ee ,- --ettiiy at his house in St. James's-square ; Otficer. went in full dress—were tormed in a circle the Drawing-ro ,, m ; and, in imitation of the [toy his Lordship passed the circle, a i;ow;u e , tacit (Meer to speak or bow to hint, and he then re i; eel, " It is obvious, that io the parade of this Levee, an l,•Id not a proper ()ppm (unity of making s uch a coumturication to the COM NIANDEK -IN :s he. !!iigiit hive dwie, had he been usher " t him ',don-, a Lid avoided the restrair)t of a P'lblic room, where all he said must be heard by others: . 44 The army, during Lord AM H EAST'S awiatioo, was a mtle nun upon which was alihsegoesoly formrd the balm:we t ,, rce that has . evont ob u y a dd e 'd so g reatly to our military fame, and to the deserved esilogiums which have been Pronnui , cesi by the country at large, upon Isis Highness the Duke of YoluE. How any 1'4461 could, in justice, he drawn between the duties which devolved upon the late Lord Am d"-11'T and the present Illustrious CHUM ANDF A tN •H IRV, we kw,w uot ; and it would be equal ly rensw e from jostice to assimilate the employ- Ilit'ut and respon.ibilisy of their respective Seere• taxies, and of the interior 1 - 1 .sons serving the depro I meta. 41 It is notorious to every officer of the army, t l lO herved in it prior to the period of the Duke of xonx being appointed Comma.,d,:c-in-Chi , l, ti:at hoshio g could be snore nefarious titais the means that were pursued to procure military rarli ;—a 3 -et of mess who designated themselves Army Com rwasi...s Brokers, would under ike to procure any yank up to that of Lieutenant-Colond inclusive, Provided there was sofficien! money to meet their terms ;he Military Secretary fix..l Isis premium, anti, R 9 his iArence with the COMMANDER-IN t"li:P was acLquate to every abject ~t this us fa:iure or disappointment to the parties Yet this is the system which Junius Afilitaris Hold s , : „ t to t h e Pnblir, as one infinitely preier eble r,+ the present of t!)e arnly -I"'le'li secures to every officer iiis right of purchase Qt. the re gu l a t e d price, if I.e is ti.e eldest in t;i? 1.4111 t regimen(—and which, gives ~, - ,po:.- I "nity to the youngest Ensign in tine ar,ny 11 414 a personal interview with the CUMMANDRII - when he may, without any restrit, rd tree horn observation, lay his case bef:)re his rYal Highness, anti front whom lie is sure to v e a patient hearing, and a gracious. and con wtscending reception. _ . • With E. gard to the distribution of the sums Which 1116 pass through the Army Office, - ,hr Editor tex betore him the accauut rendered t ► earlia ;l.l,ent, bud nothing cat . be more sati.oactory to the weral befirt than the use. .which is :114,10 of the tone), arising from the sale of commissions. It is she~t ' n In that that where officers die leaving widows totally impiovitled foi, the COM. )111"Si011 at t i le deceased, if originally Is.nulhi by n ""elt. is sold f ur benefi:, of the widow-- nd long liar is 4,1 the provisions " 4- mole by I l i, WIN.; : - I. , .!•riess for the widows 44 dt/el...b ans of meritoriutL: •.I:;,.:c.rs. • • " As to persoi ac !ra 1 .17 poured ()rt ll on , he ci,ie( Sect etarics, 114111 the Caic,-, they aps,) o r b pl ee b, at are so totally unsay 1)144..11t1V truth, t o It) (ic%vrvealo answer. At kti tim e was WOE , shewn 14 iihe strvicc, a nd 111' u & pc riccE in te 6 4 rd to promotion; anti this, the Ltlitar can "conscientiously (I , ehre; WI. beard confirrnr(l :-.:tni-rttliy by offi-t r, of: d 1 ranks, Ite frets that n. lwes this explatla-tioi. ; , c' the ,I, , petuance iii hi, Plttfoel.,,sll 'coilintry to . his own per kup‘yledge of the .:(20 , (1cr of the ifitin -tsbeil persons so gr,,s-1p aspersed." LIFE ASSULINCE TXTR.IORDINARY *. TO TUE ENLIGIITENED PUBLIC. At a nufhcrous meeting - of persons of high Con girt-ration, whose names -will hereafter he duly notified, it war-, resolved, tient. con. that a Lite Insurance Office, on a plan entirely new, should be es ..hlist,ed in the Metropolis, to be called Tit E MOON. The numerous Life Assurance Offices already, established over the Kingdom, incontestibly prove the great utility of such Institutions. The uncer tainty of human life, and the certainty of death, must strike every man of reflection, and impress !rim with the prudence of providing against the yearly, monthly, daily, nay hourly, contingen cies of the terrestrial world. With 'a view to render this Institution more generally useful, it is proposed that the benefit of it sheotld be extended to persons who may oc casionally be afflicted with the most melancholy or all human calamities—lNSANlTY ; for which purpose, a Table of the Rates of Premium, adapt ed to the various degrees of the malady, is now preparing, tinder the direction of a Committee of the College of Physicians in Warwick-lane. In cases of acute disea'e, when coercion is re spired, the usual non-appearance premium charged at other offices will be: dispensed with. To the families of those unfortunate persons who may Commit suicide, or who may die by the hand. of justice, the whole amount of the money paid by the assured will be returned with. interest. After a certain sum shall have been subscribed, sufficient to form a Sinking Fund, tor contingencies, it is proposed that the profits be divided among the assured every lunar month. Co Naval and Military Officers, and to Men of Honour in particular, who ate in the habit of fighting Duels, the liberal plan of this Institution must be a powerful recommendation, as no extra premium - will be required for axsuring the lives of Gentlemen who may fall either in the field of battle, or in single combat.—Nor will any addi tional sum be demanded from those who may wish to reside in a foreign country, as a temporary re tirement. " Upon these equitable principles," (as was eloquently stated by the Honourable Gentle man who brought forward the plan at the Meet ing, and in happy allusion to the names of some of the established Offices),'` the Moon will rise Hand !!, Hand with the Star, and, after soaring with the Imperial Assurance of the Engle, will eclipse the Sun. Firri as the Rock, we may then become the Atlas of the Globe, and boldly bid defiance to all our rivals." N, B. A house, suitable to the magnitude of this undertaking, its now building in the New Crescent, adjoining Waterloo-place, from a plan of - she celebrated architect to the Prince Regent. It will he opened for the transaction of business on Ow first of April next.—ln the mean time, appli cations fur Lunar Insurances may be made, either personally , a by letter, addressed to the Honorary Secretary of the Moon, Half-moon-street, Picea" dilly. • As there is some humour in the foregoing article, which we have e xtracted him The Morning- CI-quick, and as that Paper holds a high rank in public literature, we wish we had oftyner occasion to take from it matters of such harmless pltantrr. UNIVERS! rY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Duc.3l.---Tnonw Le Blanc, Esq. LL.D. was on Iliednesday last re-elected Master ot We understand that there is a s cholarship , va cant at Clare-hall, to which a young man ot the greatest classical attainments will be elected. The following Gentlemen of this University were ordained on Sunday se'nnight:— By the Bi.shop of Orford: PRlEST.—Benjamin George Blacliden, M.A. of Queeu's College, and Curate of Pyrton and Shirburne. By the Bishop of Giohees/cr • • DEACONS.—Ti. Feudal', li.A. of Eniipanuel College ; R. tVard, jun. 13:A. and David Williams, h.A. of tit . John's College. Pamirs.—Peploe Paget. Mosley, B.A. of Jesus College; Hugn Kerr, 8.A.0f Trinity College. the Bishop ofLincoln : De.icrixi —W. Bussell, B.A. and S. Dewe, B A. of St. John's Cohege; E. Peacopp, B.A. of Queen's College; J. Gooducre, Curate of Syston, Leicestershire. Pat EsTs..—C. Moore, of St. John's College ; S. Crooke, Cu- Pitt of Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire; It. Black, Curate of Baldock ; T. Bowstead, Curate of Huttoft, Lincolnshire. By the Bishop of Chester : DEACON3.--R. 11. Formby, B.A. of Jesus College ; J.Theo bald's, B.A. and J. Newton, B.A. of St. John's College. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, DEC. 31. DERBY. Taken-10 to I apt Duise of Portland's Pledge.' Taken—l Ito aot Lord Rous's Euphrates. Takrn-16 to I agst Mr. L. Chorlton s his. Tdkell—f2o to I agst M.•rd. Tal , e,-4() to I agst Wildsre. OAKS. Taken—lo to I apt Gen. Grosvenor's Blue Stockings. Taken—i I to 1 agst D. of Grafton's Vanity. Taken—P2 to _I agst. I.(1 G. Carendish's Barossa. Taken-17 to I agst. Dodona. • DoNCASTE it ST. LEGER. rf abeß—l l to I. agst Laird of- Markhouse. Taken—li to 1 apt Mandarte. Taken—l 3 to I agst Brother to Magiitrate. • Mr. Goddard bet Mr. Crawford ten fifties to one against Pledge. and ten iittiei to one against Mr. Croaford's awn learn, for the Derby Stakes.—Betting this day brisker than on Monday. . . . hfry-six more horsei belonging to the 2d Itezistent of Guards were sold at the hammer, and fetched great prices. Last night a Coronet's Inquest was held at the Sign of the Black Horse, Public-house, Poplar, on the body of the young man who dropped down dead near the Palish Workhouse, after being exa mined at Simile( 'II Police 011icr, on a charge of bastardy, as mentioned in our Paper yesterday ; when after a full investigation, which lasted op ;,:ards of an hour, the Jury returned a Verdict— " !)- •!te of God ;" a truly and Wldiet indeed.—lt anneared the young woman had had two children by ihe unfortunate young man, as he cohabited with her some tine; but had . lately desered her, and i;iattied another female about three weehs past. POCTR Y. *". 1818 41 '; ' " So, MISTER ONETHOUSAI6 EIGHT HUNDRED and tIOIIi`ZE.Ni Of this comical world e about to take leave.— Pray what has,occured in your time worth relating, What pleasures to cheer us, what sorrows to grieve. Come stand at the Bar, bound in - fetters of frost, And give an account of yourself, old acquaintance; For the ills we have found, and the friends we have lust, xprct from our judgment a rigorous sentence. When you first came amongst ns, you found us in tears, From a tdow that had heavily wounded the nation, For thr spoil of the hopes we had cherish'd for years, A barite in Nature that mock'd consolation. Yet you early were trick'd in the colours of SPHtNG, And made a gay show with the snow-drop and crocus; But March, in hiS rear, was commission'd to bring Catarrhs, coughs, and quinsies, sufficient to choke us. You promis'd to haul, with a magical drag-net; All the ice front the Poles (we were told by uur sages), To point out the mountain that covers the magutt, And show us the Passage we've talk'd of for ages. With the project our Baattows and CROKERS were frantic, They laugli'd at the snow storms, and icebergs terrific; What a glory for England, to join the Atlantic, In wedlock's soft bands, with gay Mistress Pacific. But MARE was cold, awl detennin'd to freeze 'on, She locli'd up her house, and retiring beneath, Did, in mountains of ice, so confoundedly squeeze 'em, You alight draw all the bolts from our ships with your teeth. MED, MISTER ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED and EIGHTEEN, We ask'd you to give us a little fine weather, You did, sure enough, and the favour to heighten, Scut hot burning sunshine for ten weeks together. Our grass grew to hay—the dews were forgotten, We allow that you sent us abundance of ruses, But our fruits they no sooner were ripe than were rotten, And you wickedly blister'd the skin off our noses. The SUMMER wird on, and you said that THE Queen Couldn't possibly live from one day to another; You drove all our Ladies to buy boinbasine . And crape, 'gainst the death of our rational Mother. , But, woe to the purses of those who would trust ye, Alas! they were chouid of the saving they reclion'd ; The mourning began when our first suit was rusty, And then was so short—'twouldn't wear out a second. We give you due praise for our harvest of wheat, 'Tis well for old England, for every new comer From Gallia bad promis'd his stomach a treat, To make up for the frogs be had eat in the summer. Take credit, moreover, for sundry mince pies, Fowls, t nrkeys, and tarts, and such delicate prog ; To be sure these nice dainties were hid from our eyes, And, rather the worse to the taste, from the fug. Half-saint and half-sinner, we bid yon good morning, If your virtues were any, your vices were ample, And may THE NEVI YEAR from your errors take warning, And receive from your meritt a PROPER'EXAMTLE. I. B. • This bumourcius Poem was sent to us for insertion yes terday, and we regret that the pressure of other watterpre vented its appearance till to-day. REGISTER OF FASIIION. ARRIVALS.—The Marquis of Anglesey, from Brighton ; his Lordship soon after set off for his seat, Beau Desert, Staf fordshire ; Sir John Grey and ,Lady *Egerton, from their seat in Cheshire; the Earl of Powis, from his seat, Walcott, Salop; Mr. and Mrs. Lushington, at Blake's Hotel, from Paris; General Dowdeswell, from his seat, Gloucestershire; Major Wildman, at Steven's Hotel, from Brighton ; General Sir H. Bunbury, Bart. at Warren's New Hotel, from his seat in Suffolk. FASHIONS FOR JANUARY. FANCY MOURNING DINNER DRE S S.—White crape frock with pointed festoons of the same, fastened at each point by , black rosettes, and folds of black satin placed above and be low the festoons. Blatik satin Canezo❑ spenser, elegantly ornamented with white crape. Fr, derica hat of white crape; surmounted by a plume of black . feathers.—(la Belle "Is semblee.) WALKING DRESS .—A round dress of figured silk, the growitt grey, with a small black leaf : the body is made par tially high round the shoulders and back; but sloped low in front - of the bust; it is trimmed with a putting of grey crape, ornamented between each puff with a jet bead. Short full sleeve, tastefnlly finished in the Spanish stvla with black satin slashes. The bottom of the skirt is - trimmed with a deep fluunee•of !Auk crape, embroidered in grey silk : thill is sur mounted by a plain band of black srap,e., richly embroidered in grey silk; and the whole is finished by a broad band of bias black satin laid on full. Fichu of white crape, with a very full white crape ruff. Over this dress is a pelisse corn, posed of either black OF grey Velvet, lined with white sarsnet. EVENING Dness.—A White crape round dress - over a white sarsnet slipx it is cnt very low all round the bust, and the waist is as short as possible : a full sleeve, which is likewise very short. The bottom or the skirt is ornamented with a full rouleau of white crape, which stands out, and a sur mounted by a broad and rich trimming composed of jet heads. A white crape apron is worn with this dress; it is a three quarter length, narrow at top, and broad towards the bot tom ; it is finished with rich tassels at each end, and has a slight sin- broidery in black silk all round.—(elckernacien's• Repository.) The remains of Sir PHILIP FRANCIS were in terred yesterday, at East Sheen. The funeral was a titivate one, consisting of only the hearse, two mourniog coaches, with his son, Mr. FIiAICCIS, and some other mcitibers _of the family, one itisywo c.ortiage, . . A I/ AITY Nittve YEAR—the way to make it real.y Su, wouiti b to buy a Tii:ket, and get a 30.0001. ;—there are T‘so of 30.0001. yet in the Wheel, arid 60111 utast be drawn III) TUESDAY ‘Vtt k , the bit aid only day, bids (Mar Capitals ut 500 1 J1, 10001. etc. THE TiIEATRI7; DRURY-LA142." - -This Theatre last rfglit pre. sewed a new romantic Drama, avowedly founded on WALTER SCOTi''.l Celebrated poem of illariniun, and entitled, Fluddeit Field. CHARACTERS. Ilb!amnion - Mr. H. KEMBLe. De Wilton - - HANiaLts. Minglas • - . HOLLANU. Kini.rJasiws PENLEY. Earl of Surrey • PowioL. Friar . , °XII F.KRY. Scitlires olMarinion . . { CoWELL. LL. • • ikliti'strlcl U. :NMI. Innkeeper • II. JoHNSTON. Clara St. Clair Nits W.W EST. . . Constance - • Margaret The original poem is so highly celebrated, t!lat it would be a sort of insult to our readers in ge neral to enter into a detail of the fable. - It is sufficient . to--say, that none of the more striking and interesting features of the story have beers omitted ; but have been introduced with a degree of ingenuity that skews considerable knowledge in the persons who have given to this popular work its present dramatic form. This drama is ascribed to Mr. STEi`IIIIN KRMULE, the present Manag,r of Drury-Lane Theatre, and who, by theludg ment which he had displayed in the selection of the incidents, and the construction of the whole, fully justifies the conduct of the Sub-Committee in entrusting their Stage concerns to his superin tendatice. It is . said that Mr. Ilesdue KEMBLII assisted his father in the compilation of the piece. They have both manifested their poetical talents, the one in a collection of printed Poems, and the other in an excellent Academical Thesis. The llouSe was full, and the piece evidently excited a itrorig interest throughout. It was much applaud ed in its progress, and its success was billy ratified on its conclusion by the sanction of general, hearty, and reiterated applause. The musical aitd all other arrangements were well regulated, and this part of the merit of the piece, we under stand, is to be attributed to Mr. 11. JonnsTosr and Mr. Coot. As the Author or Authors have as strictly adhered to the original Poem as was consistent with the- transfer of rhyme to blank verse, and an unavoidable change in the metre, the admirers of that Poem have no reason ta complain, but rather to respect the two Drama tizers, for spewing so great a degree of reverence for the text of a Port who possesses such merited, ctlebrity.—Upon the whole, the piece is interesting, impressive, and -effective, - and seems likely .to conic in aid -of Brutus, ma the return of .Mr. KEAN, and by alti!rnate repre sentation, to be eminently advantageous to the Theatre. Considering the first night of a new piece as rather a public rehearsal, the Performers -in general deserve much praise, for the zeal, spirit, and a ecoracy, with which they sopported their re speetiee characters. Mr. KkMBLE, who seems, as we have before said, to be rapidly improving in. public favour, and who, therefore, evidently per forms with more of self-possession, gave an ani mated Portrait of Mannion. Mrs. WEsr in St.' Clair, and Mrs. °stoke io Constance, displayed ell the personal attractions which the Characters demand and fully realized the conceptions of the Poet. The rest of the Chirracters were judicious ly assigned 'and ably'supported. The Farce was Modern Antiques, but oty the rising of the Curtain, as on the night helot e, there was a lotid demand for -the Pantomime which had been so furiously . driven from the Stage, and this tumult con tinued so long that Mr. STEYIIEN K4MBLE was obliged to make . his appearance, and address • the ntidience in snbsta'uce as follows,'and - with the same respectful firmness and serenity as on pre vious occasions.:— " Ladies andGentlemen—When I had last the honour of appearing - before you, •I understood inat it was your wish that the Par4oniime should he withdrawn,—(Shouts of Bravo! brar6 !)—As nothing - can afford me greater pleasure than to gratify your . wishes, the Pantomime has been witip!raivn.— (Loud applause.)—l now with great sat;sfaction have to in form you, that a new Pantomime is in pftparation—(l,oud applause)—and from the extraerdinary care and attention, and the heavy expeftue that. have been bestowed upon it, I have little doubt that it will gratify the potiilic taste."— (Loud applause.) • The FciTCC was then suffered to proceed without further interruption. KBAN is to appear in four of his principal cha racters at Yotk, as 'well as at Sheffield, Wakefield, &c.; his return, there ore, to Drury-lane Theatre, is not expected before the ‘ceek after next. MATHEWb concluded his enga.etreur at this Bath Theatre, by performing Scrub iihnnle, itt the farce of the Bee Hive, ou Saturday evening, to a full house. The following notice is taken from a news paper 0,1761 :—" The L4dies of distinction ac the \Vest end of the town have determined to be stow on the poor all the winnings at cards during the holidays." • A letter from, Crooks, dated Dec. 22, says— " Yesterday a large whale, co-rather the species termed Firmer, was observed tumbling in this Forth at Inverkeithing Bay. It approached to within . a hundred yards of the East point of North Queensferry Battery, and all present con sidered it to be in size abOnt sixty feet in length. 'Upon cumin'; up to the •surface -of the water it .generally blow . s three times, with short in tervals between each blast. Its motions .are very slow, ao'd ‘vfien it again plunges itself below the surface, iis - itaCk is heir some time gai , e from the boiling and agitation of the sea all round about, occasioned by the motion of its huge and. unwieldy body as it proceeds through the Wa. Thi9 fi=b, with others of the same descrip tion, have been in the Forth, above and below the ferries, for these three weeks past. It is rather surprising that the active and hardy liar- P"Tms at the Prdjulnintt ports should let slip this fair opportunity of laying in their winter's stock of nil." tcr. INGWRIT ON THE Rev. D. PAllKER.—Yesterday an . loyikition Was held in the Board-room of :he Nliddlesex Elospit,d, before T. STiELING, On the body of this much-latuen , ed Gen rlemall, who met Willi an untimely death, being litiockd down by a :wise running at full speed, with the shafts of a ch4l'e banging in th tiarnrsa, fumy Tuttenbain-ccifirt-load do ‘sit High• street, ero,•log the street, near the Brew. twu3e.—Vcrthct, " siccldtutal