The Sun. — London, England, 1825-10-13 00:00:00

.Co v THE THEATRE. t niti 11- GARDEN.—Rob Roy, one of the dra house Piec es deriv e d f rom t h at admirable of history, tradition, and romance, e iat . n e d is °f the " Great Unknown," last night .11: - \ " v il eed Mr. WAItDE in the hero of the play. ° Pitd o -"l '''. has gradually improved in public n and re tro public favour since he first ap t. r rn ; I '. at this Theatre. Perhaps there . was p a t('l leh a. k it : Y in his general deportment unsuitable to d frog a t 7l t s and manners naturally to be expect i e ., spi r i t -.le l 'arriy and heroic Outlaw, but when his 'Plidlet,"s roused by injustice, or softened by 4 1411 11 , 8 5 hiS action was marked by manly ease 1,A,„."4"g• lie was deservedly applauded. Miss tli t - i ; 1 w hO, it was rumoured, had differed with ill ill Ni)rieto", and left this Theatre, appeared ale e „ Par t of Helen Macgregor. We distrusted ert, becaus e we were persuaded that the 4 (1 i,,, laa ~ er , s were too' wise to part with so spiri te d lt tligh"aq t "`"tlioUs an Actress. Her performance as WaS ch aracterized by all that animation dear' in judgment and sensibility which uP and her acting in A Woman Never Vexed, all dl ' . ' h estes Argos. She also received just -..ktritsi-'ral applause. Miss PATON, WIJOAC 1 N(4 4 1 . 1. ", ( it confined to her musical talents, . 11te in r\ 'gnif ullY, and acted with truth and n . a- I t4s "juna Vernon. FARnEN'S Baillie Jane, IlieritirY ludicrous and diverting. The general il 14 4 4 , the Performance, abed the favovra e 11114 et r i ' ll wi lich it was leceiv, obviously pro -4ccessful repetition. P. L,I % I`ll-. ar e ; - ; oI o 'RE ATRICALS.—(Fronsa Charleston Paper. ) cou r : a lly at 'titter front London :—" Dramatic taste and talent beei t 'a e lllei: l ew ebb in England; not that there is less en ie, good, t ° the theatres ; on the contrary, the seasons have y e , 4 , n et lit the re i s a rage for splendid spectacles and showy Rid e ~e ex mixed also with an i ncreas i ng tas t e f or 1111181 C— . 1,1,-`eting several eminent performers on the other toki Me di ti ,`` t er, but from the names mentioned, I think you 11 1 ,, i tt)e that7,l3Pointed. The American manager, Mr. Price, seli n d 1%4 `2e l ied not engaged Mr. Kean. If, therefore, he 4, kid 100 4 e and from late declarations made by him aßehe I should rather think lie will make the voy tt .4t t o rps Com e , a k e hi , Owni own account, and be left as a free Illide;lll3erA terms with all your theatrical establish kre-ae th e ` I , 4 :Y told me last week that he was too feeble .to to k, tly eka }rage ; indeed, the danger of the sea, which 114'9 ggerated, occasions the green-room thermometer y e t nazi e , n a g s to the freezino• noint You have Conway, who Th g e i r Y e cle ver, and nea7ly . equ ' al to any thing . we sen p a el t oo are no goodsingers to be had. Miss Stephens 1, - ,er • Nch move - 8 - for trans-Atlantic fo_y to exchange her note, . 44"0„ . at avp acquiring wealth rcpidly. Miss .M. Tree has be t r4. f Ittaharn would not be tempted by the offer of kee is t n e Year's engagement. Sinclair is a fine singer, bet itk in uch of a ton vivant for people of your steady t erth °r n h tt er an. p eat Yno means as good . as Phillips, (l and not tnie than Man ; and as you have seen and hear muc g, a t )04 our subordinate vocalists, you must expect no -414,4 li boul t i st d uring the first few months of your campaign. tle t iVat ere 'Ft about cultivating your home materials : hu 3to b e the Ram e every where ; good voices are no ts and Avid in America, and instruction will give the e eeedi n C 4, denceg. Weber, the composer of Der Freischutz, 11 1 , 113 4 4 ,„ 03 ,, Miffed with Phillips, the singer, for introducing w e d ki,,,iPieee, composed by a Yankee manager of Caro -44,7 as h it ng as its author one Gilfcrt, of Breslau or Prague. t teel, t val t inds like corm stalks and cotton gins, and is a with! hyohPhillips's favourite air of " Possum up a gum Pen b - p t ", t , - ; b9e, you will have Kirby, the celebrated clown, ' , ic e ' 4I Y "" time. He sailed in the Pacific, and if you I ts lea,,,Mchondriac patients, he will cure them. Mr. Dre t im % 1 4", has gone to Paris, to see Talma and the opera. nn thing for the American market, except a few 411. 4nt e 3 , 'and Whom will probably a goo premier and second "‘ be acceptable."d T ie TIII3 ARMY. - 4 th e rePota of l:e tac Z ll l n st. t i . ue 4 0th and 8 9 d Regiments of Foot marched iker 'tien t% helL in ,,, C hatham for Colchester. t% of Infa i ,l%ing to the 12th, 23d, 42d, 64th, and 95th I. l) eCi t ,' u ti the p,hrY dis embarked from on board the Express iy r uents of i n inK ;:, at Devonport, from Gibraltar. od► h.,,,rgoone h e galas belonging to the 13th Regiment of ti 4 d, o z "l L B9 th Battalion of the Royals, the 30th,46th, I.4 t4e li e 11th fonts of Foot, arrived on board the Port dun a r out nt, from Madras ► and disembarked at e Chatham I k ......-" " --....".... .......... ena ,. },ttitouki").--We regret to find from the phricoe lit;ltoreac,_n(als, as 'well as from some communicat t ion a s t s w ymp h .. 4 Of c : z e tr i a us from different parts of the count, themselves in va in Litt" , laaete,.4e are beginning to manifest . klrt a rt in ." Some instances of this kind will be found , y ptibitinactlier place. These, coupled with the accounts ,t ' 4 )l(7 ° that ~ n d . in the Evening. Post, would serve to q,„ t rf th ,. me re ~ any I"4„ l ?easan t ry, wchoiriron, but that there i P s a spirit will require on the part or the ti li tl b i l ) t, a a u . and of the local authorities, measures the e f ar 4ell , a§ the most unremitting vigilance. The mosta tate *I irlato4:-"g and landed interest being so prosperou e s, o a n t e id , 4t!, ) , ? p ot f°P having turned out very nearly ave , r7aitguate in It l " thl4„ 4pprehend that these symptoms will eze t u ll 1th:,,,, thineelor serious thanthe ordinary class of offence s t '44'l' c us NI am ~ountry has been periodically Stht,er4),,il:ire landlords (such of the latter as happen to be lUtuol'. no doubt, act a part different from that which Ntle Y , t heir m r in the winter of 1821-22. The . former are able 14 h The r en .te, and the latter are in the receipt of police; in th, s hor t, th els also a tolerably well organized and '11) 1 ,1 kbe Inachine of the local administration works with 44t'ellajoGethriess. We repeat it, then, that we hr'e no 1.114 - 44i ntr ila f • iir t he general peace of the country during the ii ..cor . :.,*.lrit r ; but )try,uti we see, will be mdispe .. I'n -evening i'ost. t 1 / 4 klt .--....... 400 ._ 1 'flt "Rtit'splendid . 1 oi s . s Opera of 11 Crocialo in WiL t te. . I , n active preparation at Drury-Lane re v ery "le music, by BISHOP, promises to be \‘, 11 ttie first character. t Mti, c ours e of Nlr. A 401. M a , __DERNETHY'S Lecture on ti o k 4 44 1 ) at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, h a e . h 4 , 1, 4 0t p s . l , to e xemplify the doctrine of sens Itlitl'Osed-`ll4ling in the part where they were d , kh. 4 tto 1° be felt, but in the brain itself ; an i i %tor the C , 'tit p hi th e • , se of a man who fancied he felt I llpktr e ' . 14 his ankle, and actually scratched li tli P° led 4/ . lt y of his wooden leg, to appease the tltl4liikt..irrltation. It is on the same principle that 4 4, 4 fatlele,vnts' limbs undergo amputation, they g at ,) afasthq feel sensations in their toes and kti 4 ,; l 3 th'"ugh those parts are removed ; so t 14 0 - med th'e delusion at times, that they are no 4 4 °1' 44 e lirnb td off unt il th e y have occular tha n th . etl the m b i lo f the bandage t ., 1 ei r e y toe removal ) V cl • Yes ) When they become convinced of i p i 144 4,,'UNT4 li Ml :fittivl44l)teCir TA :KATI° N.—The State of ~.4 k.'ti. t he ant bY 'Pecuniary. difficulties in the year 11 7, 41 4 e t i trle t"" aPPeare 1 0k 4 i 4 p lc of e :1 to t t he t people for a voluntary aid, l gift), which was ; 1114 ie pr f°llovvirin g gra exTra ' ordinary manner :--Lar r ge .. , 11 4 tai la te wil,e,ed in all the Town Houses in the pro- 1 4 41 1 ‘ f loeh i ie n all persons whose capital exceeded t i tt epS' nbli ' 1 , a ', wer e perso ns °bilged to deposit upon oath, either ‘ Z l ' l O .171Itth, 'l4lle'ri°-e'en°tl State, 1 0Pel - 1 ,k, Plat e • of tt lyh es ate o er_ . they possessed, either or plate to the amount of obligation of state, ellt t i ii 444 o (Itible eX•ensNdutilini:lcautr household goods and , l a v r ear t mli pli,t they h i, -e -• They were also obliged to swear, h i N t l t t s e tt t olilitht!le°411(1 afterwards find out that they had I tt l t , pr iti etr effe quota, according . to true and just Afin g tti _ _t liiioZta, they would faithful( make it up to '44 oviltrikil;gten I' kr n i o s t rea a s m on ou to n y t be to liev l e es t s bat ti t l h an e 4 s) or 2,000,0001. sterling. vy,. 'F .- Vi 1 • ,•:`,,,(4.' ;). Z;;;:-.5, `Z,,,,•4,70,1iP:'i-Atif,r,, .•„ 0 ' t" - A. %Pe y ', 7 ; c.-.., .11444 I o -:: N. , ~ U' r . 1. .',• N -i 1_ s t ~...,5.c.....5*.x.rj,".-.4.1:-..,-,... 4. 5... ‘ , ,••• A LL-Nr o ~, A -:,-,' - ' ; y C ' I*W rz DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, &c. The Duke of Bedford, for Woburn Abbey; the Countess Spencer, for Althorpe, Northamptonshire ; the Earl of Us bridge and Lord W. Paget, from Goodwood, Sussex, on a tour; the Hon. Mrs. Fowler and the Rev. Luke Fowler, for l'aris. From Warren's Hotel, Regent-street—Lord Lynedock, for the Hague. From Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-place— Mr. and Mrs. Hussey, for Brighton; Captain Manley, for Bath. From Gordon's Hotel, Albemarle-street—Mrs. and Miss Vey, for Berks; Mr. Powlett, on a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Wil son, for Berks. From Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street—The Hon. T. !Cavanagh, Lady Kavanagh, and Miss Kavanagh, for Dublin ; Mrs. and Misses Leban, for Paris; Captain and Mrs. Murray, for Brighton. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cando%vn, from Bowood Park, Wilts, on their way to Paris ; George Byng, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. Byng, from Wrotharn Park ; Sir John and Lady Morris, from Glamorganshire. At Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square—Sir William and Lady M`Mahon and family, from Paris. At Fenton's Hotel—Colonel Aubrey, from Newmar ket; Hyde Parker, Esq. from Melford Hall, Suffolk ; the Hon. G. W. Forester, from Belvoir Castle. At the St. James's Ho tel, Jermyn •street—Colonel and Miss Hallam, from Herts. At Hakes's Hotel—Lord Ongley, from Old Warden ; Sir Ilar ford, Lady, Mr. and Miss Jones, from BOultibrooke ; Sir Culling Smith, Bart. ; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Messingbird and lamily, from Lincolnshire. At Nerot's Hotel—Mrs. Ga bell and Mr. Gabell, jun. from Bidenfield ; Charles Edward Wilsonn, Esq. and Mrs. Wilsonn, from their seat near Bognor. BnicritTox, OCT. 11.—The Marquis of Titchfield, and the Countess of Dudley and Ward, are remaining with us. Lord Petersham arrived yesterday ; and, this day, the Earl of Lis burne and Son, Mrs. Mellish, Lady H. Blaquier, and Miss Swinbourne. Sir Arthur Legge is arrived at the Royal York Hotel; Colonel Miles left this Hotel for town, on Sunday. Colonel Martin, for town, left the Marine Hotel yesterday, and Col. Archdale, this day. Mr. and Mrs. Read have removed thence, to private lodgings. Mr. Scarlett left the New Steyne Hotel this morning, for town. CHELTENHAM, OCT. 11.—The Earl and Countess of Co ventry, Lady Augusta Cotton, Viscountess Duncannon, Mr. Justice Littledale and Lady, &c. were among the persons of distinction who thronged the promenade at the Montpellier Spa this morning, from half-past eight till ten o clock. Alder man \Vood is among our last arrivals.—The Subscription Hounds hunted yesterday, when there was some excellent sport ; they started from Walden Hill.—The new road leading into this town from the London road, to avoid Dowdswell Hill, which has been the terror of travellers, was opened yesterday.— Upwards of fifty pounds was collected on Friday at the Sher bourne Spa Room, at the Meeting of the Society for the Con version of Jews to Christianity. RAMSGATE, OCT. 11.—The influx of company is, as usu al gradual and almost undeviating, the arrivals exceeding the departures; and this may be expected till the middle of No vember. Our near neighbour, Margate, exhibits in a reverse ratio.—Nelson's Crescent takes the lead of every other spot.— Chatham, Wellington, and Effingham Places, are also gay. DOVER, OCT. 10.—His Grace the Archbishop of Canter bury still continues to honour this place with his presence. The inhabitants of Dover are evidently much gratified with the pre sence of the Archbishop ; and instead of that pomp and splen dour which they expected would accompany such exalted rank, they view with delight that beautiful simplicity that adorns his whole establishment, and commands respect from all who witness it. Hts MAJESTY has had information from the Duke of Cum berland, assigning reasons for his delay in Paris; and a letter on the subject has been forwarded to the Duke's apartments, St. James's Palace, which were hastily got ready on Wednesday last, the Duke being then expected ; but the Duke of Cumber land is now hourly expected in London from France. Colonel Thornton, sent from Windsor by the King for such purpose, is still waiting at the apartments to r ece i ve the Duke. His Royal Highness is expected to bring a Prince of Prussia with him. Mr. Secretary Canning has been some days on a 'visit to his friend Mr. Ellis, at Seaford. Mr. Huskisson, one of the English Ministers, is just arrived at Paris.—(Conatitutionnel of Monday.) The EXECUTION of CRIMINALS IN ROME, says Dr. CLARKE, is carried on with a vast deal of solemnity, and it is very rare indeed to see an instance of what it called in England dying hard. The most hardened villain, subdued by long Continetnent, and the . natural supersti tion of the country, approaches death dispirited and repentant. I remember, however, one in stance to the contrary. A bricklayer was,by some means or other, cheated out of his property by a priest and a lawer, the last of which was his rela tion. He made the usual application for justice, which was followed, as usual, with no redress. For some time he bore his misfortune with firmness, and without complaint ; at length, however, the sense of his injuries pressed so hard upon him that he became desperate, and incensed almost to madness. In this state of mind he went one day into the church of St. Giacomo, in the Corso, when the riest was officiating, and shot him dead at the altar. He was apprehended, condemned, and led to execution. Every means had been used to prevail on him to confess lOs crime, and receive absolution, but in vain. The fatal cord was fastened to his neck ; the most celebrated friar in Rome had been selected to attend him; the last moment approached, when the friar once more begged he would make confession of his sin. " Upon one condition I will comply with your request," said the undaunted criminal ; " let me but have a slap at the lawyer, and then I will confess both my sins at once." Sunday last died Mrs. HANNan WANT, at Ditchingham, in the 106th year of her age. She was born on the 20th August, 1720, and throughout her long life enjoyed a state of uninterrupted health, and retained her memory and per ception to the end with a clearness truly astonishing. Till the day previous to her decease she was not confined to her bed; and on the anniversary of her 105th birth-day entertained a party of her relatives, who visited her to celebrate it. She lived to see a numerous pro gen y t o th e fifth generation, and at her death there were living—children, grand-children, great grand children, and great great grand-children, to the number of 121. SMALL-PDX.-The Bury Gazette says, " We have heard with astonishment that the Mayor of Sudbury, one day last week, sent the public crier round that town to caution and forbid its in habitants from having any communication with Bury, in consequence of the small-pox being so prevalent here. We are unwilling to cre dit this report; but feel rather inclined to consider the whole an electioneering joke ; as, several of the worthy freemen of Sudbury being resident here, it may be supposed that this bugbear will scare the new candidate, Mr. Wilks, from making personal application. — For whatever purpose the report may have been spread, we can attest its being utterly false, as, after the most minute inquiry, we find that there are not, now, more than six or seven cases of small-pox within the bounds of this town ; and that there has not been one death from that disease during the last three weeks._ We believe this is more than can be said for the town of Sudbury, or for most towns in this or the neighbouring counties," ANECDOTES, &c. STURDINESS OF OLD ENGLISH PARLIAMENTS.— MATTHEW PARIS tells us, that when Henry 111. asked money to defray the expences of a foreign expedition, " which his people thought did not at all concern England," that his Parliament told him " it was very imprudent in him to aNk for money for any such Vurposes, and thereby impoverishing his subjects at home, by his squan dering it in idle expeditions, and that they flatly refused to his teeth supplying him on any such account." Upon remonstrating, " that he had engaged his Royal word to go abroad in person that year," and that he must have a supply, they asked him what had become of all the money he had already spent, and how it came to be lavish ed, " without this country being one shilling the better." IRISH ABSENTEES.—It is not generally known that the grievance of Irish absentees was early felt in the sister kingdom, and various penalties attached to it, by several sta tutes. Sir JOHN Davis, Attorney-General in Ireland to James 1., has observed, in his historical relations, that the absence of the great lords (who had large estates in Ireland, and yet re sided in England) was the principal cause of the slow progress made in the reduction of Ireland, and of the frequent rebellions of the people, who were thereby encouraged to make encroach ments upon the English settlers, and dispossess them of their lands ; and that the Kings of England were thereby obliged to send over armies from time to time, to reduce and re-conquer the provinces that were so lost. For which reason an ordinance was made in the third year of Richard 11. against such as were absent from their lands in Ireland, which gave two-third parts of the profits thereof to the King, until they returned, or placed a sufficient number of men to defend the same; which ordi nance was for many years put in execution, as appears by sundry seizures made therefrom, in the time of Richard 11, and Henries IV., V., and VI., in the Remembrancer's Office.— Amongst the rest, the Duke of Norfolk was impleaded on this ordinance, for two parts of the profits of his lands in the county of Wexford, in the time of Henry VI., and afterwards, on the same reason of State, all the Irish lands of the house of Nor folk, the Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Berkeley, and others, were entirely resumed and vested in the Crown, by the Act of Ab sentees, made t 1 28th of Henry VIII. IVithin the last cen tury there were some acts of a similar nature passed by the Irish Parliament. By one in 1715, all salaries, fees, or pensions, in the hands of ab.,entees, were taxed at the rate of 20 per cent.; but the King received a dispensing power which nullified their operation ; and in the year 1753 these penalties were abolished. Sir CHRISTOPHER MUSGRAVE, in the time of King WILLIAM, was a very high Tory, but had in some in stances been serviceable to that monarch, and been very liberally paid for it. Once the unsuspected old Tory patriot, coming out at a private entrance after being closetted with the King, from whom he had received a large bag Of guineas, the bag burst and discovered at once his business and sly reward. It is to this circumstance that Pope alludes in his epistle to Lord Bathurst, on the use of riches Once, we confess, beneath the patriot's cloak " From the crack'd bag the dropping guineas spoke ; • " And, jingling down the back stairs, told the crew, " Old Cato is as great a rogue as you." ARTHUR MOORE, Esq., one of the Commis sioners of Trade and Plantations, in the time of Queen ANNE, who was afterwards proscribed for malversation, anti excepted out of the Act of Grace in 1717, was married to a. lady who happened to be a violent politician, but always in opposition to her husband. This lady happening once to he in company with Lord Bolingbroke, his Lordship, alluding to the humour then prevailing of impeaching seine members of the preceding ad ministration, of whom he was one, said, " Madam, I hope that you will favour use with your company to Tower-hill, on the day that I am to he beheaded." To which she immediately replied, " I assure you, my Lord, I should be very glad to wait upon you on such an occasion, but lam afraid that I shall be obliged on that day to attend my man to Tyburn." RED BEARDS.—M. le Comte de Soissoms had a red beard. Being at his country seat, whither Henry IV. had come to enjoy the chase, he, in the presence cf the King, asked his gardener why he had no bead ? The gardener replied that the Almighty having the distribution of beards, he had come into the world when there were none but red ones left, and that he rrefe Ted having none to one of that colour. MISS ANNE PlTT.—When Miss ANNE PITT,' sister to Mr. PITT (afterwards Earl of Chatham)got a pension from L rd Butt, her brother sent her a very angry letter upon the or asion, and a nongst other things said, " he had hoped that t! e ne.ne of Pitt and pension would never have appeared togetli, r." When Pitt himself got a pension of 3,0001. a year afterwards from the same Lord Bute, his sister, in congratu lating him upon this accession to his pecuniary fortune, sent him a true copy of his former letter. A Way FACE.—A Citizen was saying in com pany that he had never seen an ear of rye in his life. A young Lady, then present, whose name was Miss Rye, said (at the same time shelving him one of her ears), " Here, Sir, is an ear of which, if you please, y ou ma y behold." T he Gentle man immediately caught hold of her ear, and gave her a pinch. ••Now, Madam, (said he), y ou h ave a Rye (wry) face too." TIIE EARL OF LEICESTER.--In a letter from the Earl of LEICESTER to his son, the celebrated Algernon Sydney, is the following passage :—" It is said that a Mi nister, who bath married a Lady Laurence, here at Chelsea, hut now dwelling at Copenhagen, being there in company with you, said, " I think you are none of the late King's Judges, (meaning Charles I.), nor guilty of his death." " G u ilty," said you, •'doyou call that guilty ? Why, it was th e j us t es t and bravest ection that ever was done in England, or any where else," with words to the same effect. NATURAL Lire OF TR RES.-There are various opinions respecting the full age or natural life of frees. The few following instances will show the length of time which trees have been known to exist :—Mr. Galyne and others imagine that front 300 to 400 years form the natural life of the oak tree. An oak was felled in April, 1791, in the park of Sir John Rtishout, Baronet, at Northwick, near Blackly, in Worcestershire, judged to be about 300 years old. It was per fectly sound, contained 634 cubical feet of timber in the trunk, and the arms were estimated at two hundred feet more. In Mr. Gilpin's work on forest scenery there is an account of oak trees in the new forest, which had marks of exi►tence before the time •of the Conquest. The tree in the same forest against which the arrow of Sir Walter Tyrrel glanced, and killed King William Rufus, remains still a tree, though much mutilated. In Mr. Robert Low's View of the Agri. culture of Nottinghamshire several trees are said to have been lately felled in Sherwood Forest, which were found to have cut in them I. R. or In. R. (Rex.) and some had a crown over the letters. Mr. WWilliam, in his Essay on the Dry Rot, goes still farther; he says, that many trees might be mentioned, in this and other countries, which bear sufficient testimony of their being far above 1000 years old ; and he gives reasons for believing, that several trees now exist above 3000 years old ! MEXICAN MANNTEas.—The ladies of Mexico ride on the same horse with the gentlemen, but reverse our fa shion.—ln Mexico the lady rides before, sitting on the contrary side to that used in .England, and supported by the arm of her companion, frequently a man servant. SNEEZING.—!'he custom of saying 64 God bless you," when a person sneezes, is generally said to be de rived from a disease which prevailed in England about 400 years ago, in which those who sneezed commonly died. But this cannot be the true account of it, for we are assured it was a custom in the days of Nero, and was found by our earliest navigators in distant parts of Africa and the East;—therefore the ground of this ancient custom was probably, that the ancients held sneezing to be a good or bad sign, and consequently used to congratulate the one, and deprecate the other, by this salutati on . If we may give any c re di t to Plutarch, Aristotle, and other fine old Grecians, sneezing was at certain times co:tsidered as a lucky omen. St. Austin writes ' that the Ancients were wont t o go t o bed again, if they sneezed while they put on their shoes. LORD BURLEIGII'S HAT.—At the sale of the property of the late Mr. Fryer, of Stamford, a very curious hat was sold for a trifling sum, and it proves to be the hat formerly worn by Lord Treasurer Burleigh. Its manufacture is of the finest texture ima , inable, the crown low and pointed, and sur roury!ed with black glass bugles and beads, sewn on black velvet. It becomes the property of an Officer belonging to the Royal South Lincoln Militia. About half-past five o'clock on Friday night the Duke of Norfolk coach, from Sheffield to Manchester, was over turned on this side of the canal bridge, at the half way be tween Ashton and Manchester, owing, as we are informed, t o the breaking of one of the axletrees. There were several passengers, both inside and out ; and three of the latter, namely, two men and one woman, received v er y seve re fractures and other injuries; but we believe none of them are likely to be attended with fatal consequences.—(Mcmcicater Advertiser.) P E It Y. TO THE RISING SUN. SWEET Orb ! how fair dost thou appear Emerging from thy wat'ry bed ! 'The shades that veil'd our hemisphere Before thy presence all arc fled ! To thee we owe the cheerful day, And all the vegetable world ; Creation soon but for thy ray, To ancient chaos would be hurl'd ! Thou speaks't the wonder-working hand, The power and wisdom of our God, And, like Himself, thro' ev'ry land Dost shed thine influence abroad ! I love, in thy refulgence bright, To contemplate His works below : And rise, thro' these, to worlds of light, Where more resplendent planets glow ! But, ah ! fair orb ! how faint thy gleam ! How mean the blessings thou canst give, Compar'd with Ills more glorious beam, Beneath whose ray believers live ! 'Tis Christ the Sun of Righteousness, W 17,1 drives the shadows from the breast ! Gives to the troubled conscience peace, And makes the soul supremely blest ! Did thousand suns around me shine. All would be gloom without His light ! And darkest caves, if He were mine, Would seem divinely fair and bright ! Dear Saviour, o'er my bosom still Thy sacred, healing beams display! And guide me to Thy holy hill, Where reigns an endless, blissful clay ! SPORTING INTELLIGECL BURTON HUNT RACES.—TUESDAY, SErT. 11. The Hunters' Stakes of 501., and 25 in specie for the 2d hor.:3. Major Habert's Dilemma . - - 1 4 0 1 Mr. Harrison's Jubilee - - . 2 1 0 2 Mr. R. Udney's Julia - - 3 2 dr Mr. Colburne's Mistake - - 4 3 dr A fine race, each heat having been nicely won ; 10 started. Sweepstakes of 5 soy. each. Mr. Houlton's Sir Godfrey - - - - 1 Capt. Smyth's Leopard - . - - 2 Mr. Gosling's Joke . - - . 3 Eleven started ; Sir Godfrey the favourite. The Hack Stakes was won by Mr. Colburne's Harlequin, beating lour others. PERTH RACES, OCT. 6. Sweepstakes of 30 soy. each, for three year olds. Sir D. Moncrieff's gr. c. Benvorlich - walked over. A Plate of 50 soy. given by the City, for all ages. Heats, three miles. ford Kennedy's North Briton, 4 vrs . . 1 1 Sir D. Illoncriefic's gr. c. Benvorlich, 3 yrs - - 2dr A Plate of 50 sov. for all ages. Heats, two miles. Mr. Quarton's b. c. by Ardrossan, 3 yrs - - 1 1 Mr. Farquharson's North Star, 5 yrs - - 3 2 Mr. Fraser's Richmond, 4 yrs - - - 2dr Mr. Grant's c. John Grant - . - - fell INGLEWOOD RUNT AND PENRITR RACES. SECOND DAY. A Plate of 00 soy. given by the Town, for all ages. Heats, three miles. _ _ __ Mr. Simpson's Young Corrector, 5 yrs, 9st. 111 b. . 1 1 Mr. Hudson's b, f. Lady Eastby, 4 yrs, Bst - 3 2 Mr. Lanibton's br. c. Forester, 3 prs, 7st. 51b, - 2 3 Sweepstakes of 5 soy, each, with 20 added. Heats, two miles: Mr. Lowther's Tawpy, 5 yrs, 3st. 111 b. - - 1 1 Hon. Col. Lowther's ch. g. Inglewood, i yrs, 7st. 51b. 2 2 M. T. Hudson's b. g. Charles, aged, 9st. 121 b. - 5 3 Lord F. lientinck's br. g. aged, 9st. 121 b, • - 3dr Mr. Hassell's ch. m. Christie, 6 yrs. 9st. 91b. - 4dr PEDESTRIANISM. Skipper, the Pedestrian, has given ;ibis undertaking. lie continued his task for 12 days, but in the last two or three he appeared much distressed. On Sunday, which was the 12th day the unusual warmth of the atmosphere rendered walking laborious, and being backward in his journey, he had to travel during several hours in a heavy rain, the effects of which on the next day (Monday) disqualified him so much, that after having gone to New liuckenham, and back again as far as the King's Head, at Scole, he was obliged to give in, after having walked G 36 miles. THE RING. Izzy Belasco took his benefit at the Tennis Court yesterday, and, after the modern fashion, promised much more than lie was able to perform • for this, however, he apologi ze d, assur itm: his friends that his pledges had been founded on the assur ances of others, who had disappointed him. It was the practice, he said, for big men to withhold their assistance from the little ones, anti he had only to hope the public would one day prove to their mightinesses how little such conduct made them appear. He particularly animadverted upon Dick Curtis, who had faith fully promised to come and set-to with Barney Aaron, but who absented himself altogether. The sparring was good of its sort, and afforded much amuse ment. The following men took the gloves :—Lennox and Gadzee, Young Josh and Gideon, Goodman and Adams, John Belasco and Si albs, Alic Reid and Bland (the Baker) Barney Aaron and West Country Dick, Gaynor and Bittoon, Flem ming (the Scotch Champion) and J ones , an d, as a finish, Izzy Belasco and Reidie. These men did their utmost to please, and drew down thunders of applause. At the conclusion of the sports, Bland, the boxer, challeng ed the Scotch Champion to fight on Tuesday next for 251., but Sawney had not the sitter, and it was no go. BARNEY AARON AND DICK CURTlS.—Barney invited Dick to meet him at Howard's Coffee-house, Duke's-place, on the evening of Thursday next, to make a match for one hundred pounds a side. The choice of place to depend, in the usual way, upon a toss. Should the Pet refuse, Barney can be match ed against Gybleets, or any other man of his weight. THE LATE FlGHT.—Gyblets showed at Ben Burns's, and did not exhibit much punishment. Ile complains most of the hit on the top of the head,which he received in the sixth round, and declared most solemnly that he did his best to win. Robin was not present, nor did we recognize any of the East Enders who backed him. The stakes, we understand, were given up last night to the winners. REUBEN MARTEN AND YOUNG GAS.—The whole of the money for this tight was made good at Harry Holt's on Tues day night. The men will meet on Tuesday next; and on the same day, and in the same ring, Young Dutch Sam and Jones, the Sailor-boy, and Savage and Kirkman, will exhibit their skill. It will be a prime day's sport, but the place of meeting is not yet thought of. The betting is even between Marten and Gas. Six to four on Sans against Jones ; and five to four Sa vage against Kirkman. There is no truth in the report that warrants were issued for the apprehension of Robin and Gybletts previous to their fight. Alic Reid will take a benefit at the Red Lion, in Cross-lane, Long-acre, this evening. Good sport is expected. SALISBURY, OCT. 10.—A well-known cha racter, named John Brown (but commonly called Old Sabbath), who had frequented the neigh bourhood of Melksham, for the last 70 years, died as Broughton Gifford, near that town, a few days since. This eccentric man's appear. ance constantly bespoke the most abject poverty ; he regularly visited the adjoining villages as an object for the compassion of the charitable, and for many years before his death received paro chial relief. There have been found secreted in the miserable hut which he inhabited 1441. in money, 15:0 shirts, 130 handkerchiefs, 32 pair of new shoes, a quantity of old ones, and an im mense collection of other articles of wearing ap parel, kitchen untensils, old silver coin, 40 table and tea spoons, a silver watch; four large bags full of meat in a gate of putrefaction, more than two bushels full of pieces of cheese, &c.. Th e property was divided among ten nep h ews an d nieces. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, OCT. 12.—Wind S.S.W..—Most of the outward , bound sailed early this morning, the wind about south. The James Watt and the Soho steam vessels; hare arrived from the River, and remain in readiness to take in tow the Baron of Renfrew, which vessel has not yet made her appearance. Ar rived the Margaret and Jane, Nicholas, from Hamburgh for Seville; and the Luna, Frazer, from Leith for Jamaica, and remain with the Golden Spring, and Phillip, for Jamaica, Spoke transport and a brig. The Prince Leopold, Carlisle, from. Honduras, ran on the Goodwin Sands at I a. m., but was got a' by assistance from Deal, and proceeded fur Margate Roads (reported) without damage. PORTSMOUTH, Oc•r. 12.—Wind S.—Arrived the Young —, from Baltimore in 20 days ; Enterprise, Brown, from London for Sailed• the Catherine, M'lntosh, for Calcutta, with the whole of the outward-bound. FALMOUTH, OCT. 11.—Wind S.W. to S.S.E.—Arrival the Smollett, of Newcastle, from Quebec; Magnet packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 2d instant ; Lady Louisa packet, from the Leeward Islands, sailed from St. Thomas's the Bth ult. Off the port the William and Henry, Partridge, from Grenada.ko 40 days. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 11.—Wind W.—Arrived the Rebecca, Herbert, from illacaio; Hibernia, Field, from Paraiba; Ja.. msica, Harvey, from Jamaica; and Ann and Maria, Hart, from New Orleans. The bark William Ifuskinson, from Milford for Quebec, was abandoned on the 4th instant, in lat. 44). long. 20., being waterlogged, and on her beam ends ; crew. saved, and arrived at Liverpool, _ _ The Vigilant, Fotheringham, from Nalaga to Leith, was driven on shore near Warkworth the lOth instant, but was got, ofF, and would proceed. Arrived off the Wight the Budget, -, from Havannah. Arrived off Dover the Rapid, -, from Bahia. Arrived off Dartmouth the Speculation, Keiling, from Cam, peachy... The Frattllanza, Boratine, from Ancona to Leghorn, wax tAken by a Tripolitan cruizer, and carried into Tripoli the 29til A ugust. CORONERS' INQUESTS. SLEEPING ON BRICK-KILNS. An Inquest was held before THOMAS STraersrs, Esq., at the sign of the Perseverance, William-street, Somers-town, on Tuesday, to inquire into the death of a very young and un fortunate man, who was suffocated by sleeping on the burn.. ins; brick-kilns in the Hampstead-read. It appeared in evi dence, that the deceased had become very destitute, and hav ing lost his character by committing a felony, for which he was tried, convicted, and punished, and being diseharAT he had no home or friend that would receive him or lead their protection. lle wandered about, and endeavoured, by holding horses, and assisting the larickmakers, to suppart his existence, but so trifling was this most precarious assisz., ance, that it was proved by a young man named Scroggins, a companion of his, that the day before his death he had eaten three or four potatoes. Towards the close of Saturday e, en ing, he, with two or three others, homeless outcasts, sought refuge from the inclemency of the night about the brick.klfn, and, as is their usual practice, mounted the bricks, and stretched upon the top of the kiln, having previously settled that one of the party should remain awake for a certain nurn. ber of hours, when he was to arouse another of the party, to perform in his turn the same dreary watch, in order to guard against the veering of the wind. The whole party /ravine. re tired to sleep to windward, the su ff oca ti ng f umes arising from the pile was thus avoided, as they in some degree escaped ira direct influence ; whereas, if they were at the leeward, the effiu. via coining directly over them, would have proved fatal almost instantaneously to them all. Scmg,gins the man on the watch, perceived his unfortunate com ra d es ;11 asleep, and uncon. scious of the dreadful danger gathering around them, the rain coming down in torrents, and getting through the layers of the bricks caused a thick vapour to arise, and the fire glowing vet:: vividly gave the kiln the appearance of a burning pile rr oTe than any thing else, which so alarmed him that he aroused them, and they with difficulty escaped, being almost overcome with the fatal effects of the rising vapour, This circumstance scattered them around the brick-field, but the deceased would ' not be persuaded to come away from the kiln, but laid down un der some hurdles close to it, where they left him to seek a shelter from the ra'n and cold. On the following morning very early they again met, and on approaching the hurdles under which the deceased had taken refuge, they found him cold and dead, having evidently had a violent and convulsive struggle. They removed the body to the Perseverance public-house, where, upon a medical examin a tion, it a pp eare d h e h a d died from suf focation, caused no doubt by the (much dreaded) veering of the wind blowing the suffocating black vapour thickly over where he slept, and thus he was suflbcated. The Coroner said it was a lamentable thing and shewed the almost certain danger of sleeping near a burning kiln. The Jury fully acquiesced in the remarks of Mr. Stirling, and returned a verdict of—" Died by Suffocation." The parish of Pancras have at their own expellee buried the body, the deceased having even in death no friend who would perform the last offices of humanity for him. The Coroner and Jury gave some pecuniary assistance to one of the witnesses, who appeared in a very destitute condi. tion. DEATH BY EXCESSIVE DRINKING. On Tuesday afternoon an Inquest "was held at the Coopers' Arms, Highgate, on view of the body of John Fuller, foreman to Mr. Holborn, of that place, butcher. It appeared by the evidence that the deceased had been for some considerable time an habitual hard drinker. On Sunday night last, between ' seven and eight o'clock, a person went to the house of Henry Evans, a lamplighter, and told him that he had heard a dread ful noise like snoring, and requested him to accompany him to see whence it came : he accordingly took a. light, and went into Mr. Holborn's premises, and discovered the dec aced lying on the ground near to the privy, and his hat was lying in it--he was quite insensible. Mrs. Holborn was ilium. (Bate) , informed of the circumstance, and gave directioAs that deceased should be taken up stairs and placed on a bed. Ile was carried up and left there : about one o'clock next m, r iing he was found still insensible, and Mr. Dobson, a surgeon, of Highgate, was called in; and on examining him, he was found to be dead. He was a very hearty and robast man, and known in the neighbourhood many years. The Jury, after consider ing the evidence, returned their verdict—" That he died in a fit of apoplexy, caused by excessive drinking." An Inquisition was held before RICHARD CARTER, Esq., the .Surrey Coroner, at the Lord Nelson, in the Kent-riad, on Tuesday evening last, on the body of a new-born female child, found in Peckham-fields.—Edward Brooks, a weaver, deposed, that on the preceding morning, about half past seven o'clock, he was in a field at the back of Thirza-place, near the Kent-road, and near a hedge he observed in the grass .a something, he thought to be a rat; he moved the grass with his foot, and then discovered it to he the body of a new horn infant, quite dead; he gave information to the nearest house, and shortly after the body was carried to the Lord Nei son.—Mr.. Thomas Pritchard, surgeon, of Burlington-place, Kent-road, stated, he was called in to attend the deceased in fant, about nine o'clock in the morning. On examination there were no marks of violence visible that would occasion death. The child appeared to be full grown and perfect in its birth. He subsequently opened the body, and on minute in spection he was firmly of opinion the child had breathed, and that freely, after birth, in consequence of the lungs being so well inflated with air; but whether the death of the deceas ed was occasioned by cold or haemorrhage, he could not say.-_ -,Witness saw no blood on the body, but proper care did not appear to have been taken of the infant. His opinion was, that it had been born about 12 hours. There was no doubt the child was dead before it had been left in the field, as the body was clean. The Jury having viewed the body, returned the following verdict :—" The deceased was found dead—that there were no marks of violence about it, and how it came by its death no evidence appears before the Jury." ALA lIMI NG FIRE.—(From the Clonmel Herald. Four o'clock, a.m. Oct. o,)—Just as our impression was worked, off, one of the most awful and alarming fires we ever witnessed broke out in the extensive and valuable premises of Messrs. Greer and Murphy, brewers. With painful regret we have to state that the entire are in a state of fearful ignition. The extensive range of fire—when the whole of these ample build. ings (which occupy a space of upwards of 200 by nearly 500 feet) was subjected to its devastating influence—has excited the most painful and alarming fears for the safety of the vast and surrounding buildings, and the combustible materials, such as hay, straw, &c. that immediately adjpin them. It corn. menced about half, after two o'clock, and still continues with unabated fury; fear and dismay are in almost every counte nance. Six o'clock—All apprehensions for the safety of the adjoining buildings, &c. are now removed. Tho ug h th e wind. is high, yet as the flames are confined within the roofless walls, and to the lower floor, on which the timber, corn, coals, &c. are burning with inconceivable fury, there is no danger of the flames extending beyond the premises. We are happ y _ to find that the concerns were insured 'Or 10,0001., one half in the Patriotic, and the other half in the Westminster Insurance Offices,