The Sun. — London, England, 1821-04-30 00:00:00

AIISCELLANEOUS. rotiEtrv.---W e •have Some reason to believe, that Whenever the Catholic Question . shall be. again brought before Parliament, it will be in troduced, under specific modifications, as a-CA BINET M EASURE. — (DubIin" Patriot.) THE Ps EUDO-CATHOLIC BOA R I).—We have heard it whispered that the conduct of the-niana -seArs at the meeting of this factious junto on the sl i nst• to vote thanks to their revilers_ and en slavers, was of the most shameless and disgusting . :` 11(1 . Pre v i ous t o t h e commencement of the It.- L i ness, a letter was delivered into •the 'hands of Ir. Secretary Jerningham from Dr: Poynter. Immediately on reading it, the Secretary beckon ed a few of his friends, when they retired to a corne r of the room, where the letter was exhibit ed t° them,. and aft erwar d s cons i gne d to th e s id e Pocket of Mr. Jerningham. The business of the Ill_eeting was in s t an tl y, b roug h t on, an d the reSQ utiou of thanks was passed in so hasty and inde ctrous a manner, that no individual present had I . le °PPortunity of'ekamining its tenon'', or de l:v(11/13' his sentiments- upon- it. This having - ; n thus carried, and the . meeting on the.lioint ° a , disPersing,"the Secretary, it is -said, with much p"roitness, recollected the' letter sent ,by Dr. ' f o °,,ter, and with many apologies and excuses hi s i ltB lack of memory, informed the company of ring received:.' communication from the w„, r4 ule bishop of the district ; on which he ly l ed-upon:to read it. This was according ,..and the the substance,of it, we are informed, „ as ) that as b y a former.: resolution of the Board le Y Pledged themselvei not to discuss any matter 24zwhiclt the interests of religion were concerned, all h6i ttfirstconsultingithe minister s - of that as the bill then .. before Parliament contained cl a 48 ; materially. in vo l v i ng. th e sp i r i tua l r i g h ts,of the Catholic church, the prelate hoped the gentle ,ecl " of the Board would adhere to their pi•c:iyii4S, .rind not violate a pledge so solemnly 'Phis informatio n oc cas i one d th ose , Wh o. oft re not up t o the. trick, to- look like fools, and er Staring at ea c h other for some time, a burs.t of indignati o n was. raised against the THaded 'deception practised tipon them, .but not toe indi v id ual amongst- them had spirit enough. ' .move th at t h e resolutions be immediately res 11"ded, and f o ll owed up by:one of censure on the 41 1, who co u ld d escen d to such pitiful means to j.':,rmy.favour with the 'leaders of -the two factions. e have goo d groun d s to believe the above ac , e e ant to be substantially correct, but shoald we j i n error, W e ca ll upon Mr. Tory. -Secretary :r°iligliam to set us right, by publishing the , let- . th r °f Dr. P o ynt er, e i t h er , i n our columns, or in 'p i se °f his w or th y f r i en d Dr. --- of The New 4 zes, in Which case we promise' to set our readers b is ' Copying for. once . froro . a which no torious al i for its venal devotion to party-spirit I .:° ., Corruption. Here' . we have another of the 1. 4 1, 41 , ', ll cations of the system of delusion-through b ia t'ress. This.resolation so passed, has been tin e fl ed forth in the papers as a, .tribute of grati- D oi , e t 'roil] the CATHOLIC ARISTOCRACY to the sup- Pr ot ers of Catholic slavery;- for certainly the ap laNiers:_, 4-11 the late-bill would, by..carrying it into ill h ave put the Catholics into greater-bond °111)0. • ,"they are in at present, and of-course th e Leltti o '' s of it, •bi go t s as t he y are, were the' unin- L eing 4 ti al r iupporters of frectlonL Besides which, Pre in i e 'fiered forth under the signature of the llr. L ' Peer of the realm, a WHIG -Duke, and a ncie nt ( Jerningham, 'a gentleman .of very to it i 4 - ` honourable family, a weight is given . 'nth. . the eyes -of those who'are not acquaint 41_ ado le manner in . which resolutions' . are vil. P o t t ( : (l by , this -pseudo-board ; and hence the lag li f s a & Party spirit and a. corrupt 'pressin hid, d-u"c o pinion.—(Catkolic Advocate.) P.p, x. -tltAttxTs.—The Rev. Henry lizaher, R.D. am k°rlte.cf; toy to the Duke of Northumberland, has been pre. Grace';J) , 4w 'lector, • f - Ilasilbere Bryant, Dorsetshire, in His 1148 be P4tr°llage.-- The_Hawes, of 111a . ilborough, icar,,crt presented, by tile Dean and Chapter of Bristol, :to the 411 . P l. ; °f l ialbert ii D on void by the death of the Rev. har.ow ' ° ' "-' 7. te kt th, r 7 Prebilidary or Bnstol. *"fid -- '4aSt er Vestry for the Abbey parish, Bath ; holden on of 4 bst z an aUgthentation of 501. per annum to the salary ..34 a ii --ev: * 117 . Maishall,' the Curate, was unanimously voted, rot. their ute of the high esteem and respect' of the.parishior.ers gi44galT in l l Y trs! 'a3 f to iB r, y an r d . their approbation- of his conduct Wh t enhances the value of th b Is, that.% . - unsolicited, a • ' • I Y Ai r , I was not only but entire y unexpected, • Alarsh a t ~ , , .... 1 [Prom the- Nova Scotia Parirs.] , "r c 43 ,011 1 ri .elk d L ei I_;.,.arkes Odometers, for aseertam)rik, 'd roofl in Vir '.' glili a uYna carriage wheel, : are approved an distances tra b roil and r'rt' ef ."` neY point out by" indices the num k 1 4 1 4 Inile-•:---and every Mile a lsis_st be ru 2oo Roman Catho ke , t11 ,,421,yt it Canada, there Are sald.to_e ; population suPPosed t 9 b e `4,au Yrotestant Clergymen--NYho c4ZvOO. - - . iirciitian, 23 years old , ~ ith h ' , L g.'. ox , .For sale, a Negro leo seanistrm....... Al to 4 , e r tIY9 infant.Childrea.- _She is ,ax:on,p - about house. ' "wc, Childre, a boy and a girl ; bpthjlandy ' "Hail ColUndiia great' and,fiee, , ..; i , • Hail glorious/ 141d•of Liberty ! ' front t • -11N-Exc uANGE.-r,A, ver y : good su pp ly 44( * '' ll The best samples re zt: and Kent principa y- • - inferior ititained Mondity's prices,. but, the 14,.. ~ last • . 11141ittes not saleable )14'1. ..................... 34s 58s I Irlt yt .eY ..................... 19 s 21Is . lit•e•*,:c. ......... . ........ 2Us iiils 1. 'se ..•.., ....... 30s 34s D AlitlrlieY . 'in ' kurope „i' . estimated to contain )18 ~-,„- .. .'t , )‘-,uo inhabitants. Of this population the tl tks fi : third and the theyqre , o Lot amount to one- part, , _ eks atone amount to about Jive millions. But ~,.. the population professing' Abe reek reli -61011 • 4/1101111tS to much greater number than live hnluon •, - a I R , 3* 'for instance the Bulgarians, about ,-,'o 000 1• • I tl ofllie re ed , ,p a SCIRVOIIIL, instance _ e, are par y Th i and 'p6rtly of the Mahomellan religion. Noe Servians„ about 960,000, another Sciavonic 4h Pl e) are ail .of the Greek religion. The .Bos- Rio's, ahout'Bso,6oo,,are also of-. the Giee.k reli7 old% The Albanians speak Sclavonic and the Qt,o4,llyrian language, and are partly of The t-c,.(.1) and. Partlyof the Muliotnedan religion. one of the Summer Alanagers, except .4 , s•r- I'• 5 has iven s • $, _ g u a re a ct genuine .Pantomime, lior,.:Pplaud his. taste,. and are quite sure that his 4,0:,. and his gOod fun will be found better tilasfit(ls seeiii,g than all the trash_and folly of .chains, tir, . ', ant,' daggers with which the other houses infested. - • 4 poo r I' ' -''• • • _ . f 0,, , s 11P-earpf.nte•r of Allrvnort u•nbez ,') has lat,..i . 1 ~ :. ' . '- . )- • . . ( lad ;5,e00/. left him. Grey P eas Beans ':ps 28s 0at5:......:,. • 30s Is 26s Elo!..ir,,per, sack 4Bs 50s KING'S BIRTH-DAY. PIA;J4iOC Ili DOCK, A PRI i. 23.—Alonclay, last (St. George's Day), being 'appointed for the cclebratidn of his Majesty's Birth-day, the morning was ushered in .by the ringing pf bells, and the ROyal Standard Was . ispiayed from the thips and bat teries-. At noon • all the troops .iii garrison, consisting of the Royal Artillery and linrineers, a troop of the Ist Dragoon Guards, 3d Guards, the 11th Regt.,4.he-sth Royal Veter,!...l Bat talion, and the Royal M a ri nes , were rev i ewe d on th e P ara d e by 31aj;Gen. Sir Denis Pack, and fired a - feti-dejoie in honour of the day. Royal salutes were also fired from the shipping, the Citadel, the Island, and the batteries on Mount - Wise. .In the evening a, grand dinner was given, by Admiral .the Honourable Sir Alexander Cochrane, to Admirals Bed ford and Brooking, Major-General Tench, It. 111. Colonels West and Barnet, 3d Guards; Colonel Combe, R.M., Joseph .Whidbey, Esq. Captains Caulfield, C. DashwOod, Hayes, C. 11., Newcombe, C. 8., Murray, Denman, Napier, and Bruce, R.N. Lieutenant Gosling, R.N. &c. &c. A most splendid Ball and Supper were given on ,Wednesday night last, • by the Hon. Sir Alexander and Lady Cochrane, in honour of'the King's birth day, (having been postponed front Monday on account of the public ball at the Royal Hotel) to all the nobility and families of distinction in this, neighbourhood; amongst. whom were Sir Denis and Lady Elizabeth Pack, Lady Loinsa Call, Lady Eliz. Forbes, Rt. Hop. Mr..and- Mrs. Pole Carew, lion. Mrs. Dash. wood, Sir John and Lady Sinclair, Sir Herbert and the Misses Sawyer, Sir Manly and Lady Dixon, Gen. and airs. Tenth, Adm. and Mrs. Bedford, Admiral and 31rs.. Ekins, Hon. Captain Pellew, 31. P. Commissioner and Miss Creyke, Lieut.-Colonel Mrs. and the Misses Morsh.ead, Lieut.-Colonel Mrs. and. Miss • Harris, Lieut... Colonel Cotton, and the Officers of the 3rd Guards, •Lieut.-Colonel Hunt. and the Officers of the 11th Re giment, Lieut.-Colonel 3PCleverty, and the Officers of the Royal Marines, "'Captains Caidfield, C. Dash Wood, Hayes . , C.-B, Newcombe, .-C. B, Murray, Napier, Deriman,,-Blackez,. and Brtice, with the °freers of their respective ships, all the Natal and Alilitary Officers in and, abo4l the neighbourhood, with the heads of &l the Public - dePartmentS, &c. &.. The front of .theAdiniralty House was b liatitlyy illuminated with varig4ated lamps, in the midst of Which ,G. snrmonnted staiy Sh6ne 'conspicuous .and was -gime. ) , ,gdniiied.— The ;Ball was opened by Major-General Sir Denis,. Pack (Cotnniandef.:in:Cliier - of the district) and Miss Coch rane, 4 and, tontinued., - -with muchv.ilife , and; one' &clock, when the company, amounting to ab . - Te 200, sat down to an elegant supper, Nits:sting df."'all- - thileliCiitiekbeilie sea son.' • , As soon as the health of our beloved Sovereign teas drank, a royal iialtiL,'WaS • fired • &tin his' I\ liVesty'S• ship • Impreirn, able, beams the flag of, • our .gallant Corninander4-Chief, -and the -band uninediately striking up. God save the King,"' were an swered by cheers and acclamations from thousands of specta tors, who filled the whole of the esplanade in front of the house; all , anxious to testify their loyalty and attachment to their' Sovereign. • Rockets and other fire-works were occasion -ally displayed'frorn the Impregnable and the - battery platform, which had a very pleasing .effect.. The dancing soon rc-eora mencecrwith increased spirit, and was kept Up till past 5 o'clock, when the company separated, highly gratified. with the affable attention of Lady and 'Miss Cochrane. . • , PoitTsmouTx, J‘y-Itu. 23.--,Monday last, being the day on • which his Majesty's birth-day is ordered to be celebrated, the same was observed with -the usual • ceremonies. The royal standard was displayed, on board the flag-ship, and at the Dock yard, Ordnance Department, and on the rainparts: A royal salute was fired from the Platform haMery at noon, and the Royal Marines, 51St and Lith "regimentS, drawn up in 'line, on the ramparts, fired a fen de joie. His Majesty's ships and vessels at Spithead, and in the harbour, fired royal salutes at one o'clock. The bells rang merry peals during the day.' A grand entertainment was given to all the. Captains of the navy, and -Heads of Departments , by Admiral Sir J ames H aw ki ns Whi t-. shed, COmmatider-in-Chief ; and to the military, by Major General Sir George Cooke, K.C.B. the Lieutenant-Go vernor. The officers of the Royal Marines also -dined together on the occasion.' In the evening, there was a ball a t th e A s - . sembly Rooms, in Green-rOw, which was very numerously attended., - - ' • • The Ball and Supper at the Devizes Assembly Room on Monde) , last, in honour of his Majesty's Birth-day, was very fully and genteelly attended. Dancing commenced soon after eight and continued w ith unabated spirit- till onc, when the company sat down to a most elegant supper, consisting of hot soups, lamb,. poultry, and delicacies ; the most excelb4r, con fectionary; -;followed by a profusion of cream and -water ices, &c. The whole w a s b eau tifully , decorated with laurel, and reflects, great credit on the taste of Mr. and Mrs. Parsons, under whose superintendence it was served up. Immediately after supper,., the comp a ny s i mu lt aneous l y . rose, an d w i t h heart and voice sung—God save the liing ;. they then gave three cheers, and dancing was resumed. Quadrilles and.Coun try Dances were kept :up alternately, with great 'spirit until five o'clock:on the Tuesday morning. Refreshments were repeat edly handed round d uring the-evening ;. atiol,nothin,, ,, could ceedthe polite attentions of the stevards; or the deliohtful style in which the , whole went off. - 1 POLITICAL.. DELUSIONS. "Mn. CLIFFORD.—Among the many facts that . . , . I .ascertaindd, not the least important was, ' that common fame was a.-reinmon liar.' Mr. Clifford had brought me ac (panted with all the tricks,'frauds„ and•deceptions of the public PreSs : and, to convince me that almost the whole of the ; public' Press of that day (1801) was vena l and corrupt , he proved to demonstration, by some practical' • experiments, that, fora few pounds, any thing, however absurd,rmi g ht b e un i v e rsa ll y pro mulgated; particularly if the absurdity, was in favour of the ruling poWers. For instance, he-wrote a paragthpli, the greatest ,hoax that.ever was, in praise of the mildand ariii.able man net's, the courtesy, and. the humanity of Harry Dundas. • Now, - Said he, to show you how this will be promulpted by the venal Press, and how -it will he swallowed by •Joilti Bull, live me five shillings, and .I will-put it into the hands of one of the runners for collecting information.. for • the papers, and - you shall see it in all the newspapers, both in London and the country. I produced , the - croWn piece immediately, and out - t came in one of the Morning, Papers, the next day ; .and as he had predicted, it was copieu into all the London and Country Papers. Then as to public opinion, and the popularity of the.. I.eading characters of 'the d a y ; 31r. Fox,' to •svit, los a hip - aired timesdeclured to me, that this.great Westmin ster patriot was never drawn home .in his .carriage from the :hustings in his life, by the populace, without .the pevSons who drew him being' regularly hired and paid for it ;--and that he would undertake to have me, or Mr. Waddington drawn th roug h . the . streets of London, from Wifitechapel to Piccadilly for the same sum," (305.)--[illemoirs of Henry Hunt.] LORD ByttoN's TRAGEDY.—(Lijunciion with draton.)--It appears, by the following commu nication, that the representation of the Tragedy is to be permitted, until the question raised as to the right of property is. decided by a Court of Law., .An interest ,excited under such circum stances cannot fail of proving beneficial •:to the treasury of the Theatre : ' cc 111174.1t Ar v. Et.LisTox.--,The question, as to Mr.t.I,T:IS -I`ON'S right of respresenting Lord I;1'Itt):5' Trapily, : of M RINO FiumEno' on the boards of Drury -lane Thcilrg, is, we.., utulorstwid,ta bt,decided ' by a Coat of -Law ; 'the tivdt . ps,place, Mr. Li.r.tsTo is, und e r t4c. Au glo r ity of the"Lo ß thiASTCELLOR, to be permitted to ,continuA its per- formance.", . TIE SPARTANS.—A Spartan mother, affer the first news of a battle, went out otthe city to ob tain more intelligence. A messenger *came and informed her that her two sons. were among the slain. " Wretch!" said she," . I did inCiiiire the •fate- of my sons, but that of my country." When told that Sparta was victorious, she exclaimed, " Then I rejoice in the death of my sons." : — XERXES, at the head of" half a million of men, wrote thus to LEONIDAS, " Surrenderiyour arms." LEONIDAS, who cominaded only three hundred Spartao, returned this anSwer," Conie and take . them."---Just before the' battle of ThermOPYl, a Spartan soldier came . anal reported that the . Persians were so numerous, that tl , eir clouds of arrows darkened the sun. "So much tlop bet ter," said LEO:VIDAS, " for we shall fight in the shade." .• The storm of thunder and lightning with which' the metropolis was visited on Thursday night ex tended over the Isle of the Counties of Sussex, ;Hants, Middlesex, Surrey, EsSex, Ox ford, Norfolk, &c. The peals of thunder were loud and in l ong s u c cess io n „ and the lightning was extremely vivid, but we do not find from the provincial papers that they We're attended with any •damage to the inhab4ants'or their 'Pro•;, pert, THE FINE ARTS. On Saturday, Mr. WAnn'S Grand Allegorical Picture was submitted to the private view of his friends. The subject is the Battle of Waterloo, or rather its glorious result, and the work repre sents the Triumph of Justice over the Demons of Evil, under the victorious rims of the Duke of WELLINGTON, in the car of Britannia. The variety of objects which the work displays, precludes any elaborate notice of it at present, and we have only room to add, that it is conceived with poeti cal spirit, and executed with all the vigour and skill for which the Artist is distinguished. WATER CoLouas.—The Society of Painters in Water Colours also gratified their friends with a private view of their exhibition on Saturday last. It seemed to be the universal opinion, that in point of, general merit it was superior to any former exhibition of the same kind. COPLE Y FIELDING, BARRETT, VABLEY, CHRIS TALL, PRO UT, ROBSON, PUGIN, STEPHANOPP, SMITH, and indeed all the higher Professors of this province of art, have not only maintained their credit, but have excelled 41 their former works. We much regret that we have not room to detail the merits of this beautiful Exhibition, but they will speak for themselves in "the opinion 'of` all persons ; of taste and judgment, and they form an essential .addition to . the more refined amusements of the Met ro p o li s . EG YPTIA TOMB.—The celebrated traveller, BELZONI, also opened his extraordinary specimeii of ancient Egyptian art on Friday and Saturday last, for a private view. It affords as complete r a representation of the subject, as could possibly be made on a red uced'scale. The art of Painting was in a low state when this tomb was erected, or, we !pay rather say, excavated, but it forms a very in teresting spectacle, and derives all the illustration which the Ingenious, persevering, and indefati gable Traveller could' obtain. 'The Duke of SUSSEX, and several.distinguished visitm, attend ed the private Exhibition, and manifested much pleasure at the sight of such an assemblage of ancient curiosities. REG ESTE It OF FASHION. FAstrioNARLE ARRANGEMENTS ron, THE WEEK. THIS EVEN IN c4..---The Countess of Sefton's Grand -Ball, Arlington-street ; Countess of Jersey's Rout, Berkeley-square, To-moßno,nr.—Nrs. Ralfora , . Ball; in York-place. WEDNESDAY.—The King's Lryvee, Carlton' House; Carnac's Ball, •Mansfield -street ; Mr's. Fowler's Ball, Glou. cester-place ; Mrs. • '!'rower's Ball, harper-street; • Mrs. Gur-: ney's Ball, Lincoln's Inn..fields; AlMack s Grand Ball, Ari,7ll Rooms. . . TgunsDAV.--The King's Drawing Room, Buckinglam Palace ; the King's Balli- at Carlton House; Miss Mitchell's Ball, Wimpole-street ; the Marquis of Cholmondeley's Party ; Dowager Lady Astlet's Ball, in Cavendish-square. FRIDAY.—Mrs. Thompson's Assanbly, Grosvenorsquare; Mrs., West's Ball, Bryanstone-square.; the French Play, and Quadrille Ball. SA . TeirDAY.-.=-Outinian Lecture, at Mr: Penn's, New , • stteet, Spring.vardens„ at th ree o'clock. • • • • SUNDAV.—The Marchioness of Salisbury's Conversazione ; , ady Hyde Parker's Conversazione, Cumberland-place. • F.A.SHIONABLE PARTIES. Prince Leopold will 'give a large dinner party.to-morrow, and another on Friday, at Marlborough House. The Earl and Countess of Harrington entertained the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, and a select party of their distinguish ed friends, to dinner, yesterday, at their house in Stable-yard, St. James's. The Earl and Countess of St., Gerrnains t will entertain a dis tinguished partir'this day, arid another patty on Wednesday next., , ' at their house in St.. James'srsquare., .•ller Ladyship. wilt give - a splendid ball and supper in a few days. The Countess of 'Jersey will give' a gran'ctrout thiS evening at her house in Berkel e y- square . , • The CounteSs'Of Sefton will give a ball and supper this even ing,.at her residence in Arlington-St ree t. Lady Perth entertained a party of Sashionables on Grosvenor-square. Saturday evening, at her house in P a rk-st ree t, O rosvenor-squa. Sir Walter - Stirling, Bart., has issued cards of invitation for a grand balloon the llth of May, at his house in Pall-mail.. :Dowager Lady Astley will give a route on Thursday next, at her house in Cavendish-square. ' '' • Mrs. Thompson will give a concert on. Friday next, at her house in Grosvenor-square. FA,WIONABLE MOVEM?NTS. The Earl and Countess, of St. Gerrnains arrived on Saturday at their house in St. James's•.square, from - their seat in Gina ces t eTtthire, . . . Lord - and Lady Anson are expected to-morrow at the Saiot James's, lintel, - Jermyn-st.„ from Shingborough, Staffbnishire. Dowager Lady Selsey has left town for West Dtan, rear .Chichester. The: Earl of Arran has left town for his seat, Arran Lqge, ognOr, Sussex. Lord 'Carrington returned to town yesterday from Deal Castle, Kent. • Lady Georgna I'Vellesl:7 arrived yesterday . at tLe Clarendon Hotel, Bond-sereet, from Hatfield. The'Earl and .Countess of Blessinton. arrived on Saturday at their house in St. Jamcs's-square,, from a visit to 'Mr. and Mrs. Tollamache, at their seat,- Harefield-houSe ' Iletts2 ••: Lord Clifton, M. P., returned to town yesterday ffoin •ham-hall, Kent. • The Countess of Sandwich has l e ft .t own .on a - v i s i t to t h e Earl and Countess of Aberdeen, at their seat, the Priori'. The Marchioress of Salisbury.will return to town this day, from her scat, Hatfield. • Lord and Lady . Crawley have left town for their seat in Kent . . D. and' C. Parish, Esquires have arrived at . Bruuet's flotvl,. Leicester-square, from 11illand. Count - Renaud has left ditto for Paris. Major and Mrs. F.: R. Drake . are arrived' in Piceadilly from :their seat, Nutweli Court,, Devonshire:, Arrivals at Shelley'S hotel, Coekspur-street Excel lency, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Charles aPc!arthy, Bart. from Paris Colonel Grant;`-front ditto; W. Wethe g rall, E. from his vat, Nunhc.ad, :trey Tweede, Esq. front York t' T. Mill, Esq. from his seat .in Cheshire;. J, Suard, Esq. pth, Lancers, frOtir St ntland't !Jana* W.' 111'Po - wall, ESq: from chtt4S. Lord and I.;:dy Robert Spencer are reNurned to sown from their, seat in Sussex. The Countess and the Ladies Ashburnhani.are returned to , town from theiiiit in Sussex. Lord and Lady r King have I..eft town for theirseat, Surrey.: ' • " Departures.from ,119.dgson7s Dover-street::—The Mr. and Mrs. Witlford, to their seat in Surrey ; and J. Camp ieell, Esq. to his seat in S.zotlanl. . Arrivals at Mivart's I lotel, Lower Brook-street :-,-TheMar iness and i‘larthioneSs of Tweedale and family,. from their seat' in Scotland ; M r . an d Mrs,. flornloyfiore and family, from their seat in'ShrOpShiri; and Mr. De Baugh, from Drayton. Arrivali at Kirkham's. Ilotel, LowerJrook-street Ed ward and, Lady Elizabeth Baker, from their seat in Dorset shire ; Pr. Copleston,. from Oxford; Colonel Sir Lofttis Ot way, Bart. front Cheltenham ; and Captain Osborne, 19th Lancers, from Cheltenhani, . Departures from ditto ;—Colonel Aubery, to his scat in Mick's ; and George Carrington, Esq, to his scat, Ilisseralen AbbeY, Bucks. . ~ . . The District Cominittee of the Society for Promoting . Chri stian Knowledge,-foi the Deaneties of Framland and Cioscate, Leicesteishire, will -liwre a sleeting at Melton Mowitrak,.on Thursday next. The slowlr PonT.L.ATIN Meeting, on the 7th of May,- will,' it is expected, be most numerously attended. mit. Come 's BIRTH DAY-1s to be celebrated rthiS' • year on the 7th 'of May, at East Dereham, Wymondham, and other places in Norfolk. At Wymondham, the Earl of ALBEivtaitLE and Sir T."BEEVoIt, and several other gentlemen are Stewards. •NOILFOLK AND Nonwtert NATIONAL ScIIOOLS.--The Anniversary Meeting of these Schools of the Established Church will be held on Thursday next at Norwich. CinCICET.—From the fineness of the weather, most of the. Cricket Clubs' are arranging matches to be played for in the . ensuing month. The'teicestershire Cricket Club hold their first Meeting on .Thursday next,- at Loughlzoroughi - Monday last th e p ea l o f e i g h t bells at Banbury was op ene d by the.Soeiety of Oxford College Youths, who rang a corn pike peal of 5011 -grandsire triples in a most masterly style. Many other companies of ringers attended, who contributed to the harmony of the day, by ringing of rounds alternately. POETRY. • • cAror INA WICCAMICA.—(No. Xllf:j • • THE DEATH OF FAIR ROSAMOND: • . • . * *; Behold pop oak, whose giant branches ri.4e In proud defiahce to the nurering skies ' Whose gloomy shade enibi•awns the level Stern, cruel Monarch of the sylV a n s c ene '• ,• • , No tender sapling 'n ea t] ) its sollen shade • 1. Can dare presum e t o rear its rival hoed; The lordly regent of the subject ground, Extends his chilly, influence:around ; x • • Permits not e'en the mighty Sun to thiow ,• , , His cheering radiance on on e plant below ; With secret influence every moisture drains, • That dares give v ig our to its r i va l 's veins ; • • • As if the lordly Sun for him al one , • . O'er all creatioa with proud histre shone. • Thus haughty Eleanor's unyielding breast, • • . - •• Which mercy, pity, truth had never blest, •• • , Would hold each rival in severe controul And reiae - : supremely o' er he r Monareh's soul, - For- her alone the w - niles,of Sovereign sway, Cheeed the horizons of each courtier's day ; For'her alone the golden circlet shed Its glittering honors On King Henry's head. And e'en on:merit, scarce her soul could brook That England's Monarch .cast a gracious look ; IferfuriouS mind was by each passion sway'd ; Her hand - each dictate of her heart obey'd; Fair virtue's paths.her footsteps never trod Will was her laW, ambition was her god. Full Many had her vengeful hate pursued ; E'en:ermin'd lordaher fatal anger Fled; • • : But chief on Rosaenond her malice pour'd, • That earthly idol Of her regal lord; ' Who 'mid tire fair, eclipsing all'the rest, Seena'd•to the world superlativeky blest. Whograc'd by nature and refil by. art, Reign'd'unaMbiti ous o ' er het fiVal'slehrt. This secret diamond frofn he - 4=Orld dine:lard In Woodstock's deepest bow'rs the-King beheld; But.jealonsy,a rival_ can behold, Though - seas encompass, anti rho; woods _enfOld,; . ,All conduct can with deep exactirs scan, ' And scrutinize, each secret wishitif mara • • " • E'en woman's heart, with jealous fury gor'd, • • Can frame the deathful deed, or-draw the sWort, 'Twas sober eve, when now: the lovely maid Inlemely silent - contemplation stray'd, And-lightly gliding the dim groves betiveen, She looled,:she was the goddess of the scene; When lo! 'alas, a melancholy gloom : Seeded the sad presage of some woe to come. The landscape now in darker hue was drest, As thus she spoke the feelings of her breast— " Ah me ! what new forebodings - shake my soul., " What new suspicions through my bosoM roll; " Oh, that my Royal Henry now was near " To check the tumult of each rising fear— " And sure L-he comes—or did the zephyr rove • " I;"ith sudden - rudenes* through this gloomy grove." Behold, advancing through the path, is seen • • A form of awful, but majestic mien ! Chilness and - trembling shake the fair one's frame; Faintly she whispers Eleanor's name; As on the,form - she.quickly turns her eye, Her linibs give - way; and yield the pow'r to fly. Thus. in the frenzy of a sick man's night, What horrid forms his weaken'd senses fright; His fear-bound tvigue ean raise no feeble cry, . His straighten'd jbints their aid to flee deny. So hapless Rosamond, compell'd to wait Thea,narelenting mistress of her fate ;, Like charmed maid, in Spell-bound region, stood, As her stern foe came s lowly f rom t he w h o d . Fierce was the look the angry- Princess Wore, .And in herhand a poison'd bowl she -bore. • Her scowling brow, her stern vindictive mi en , Show'd all the vengeance of an angry Queen ; While her dark eyes ihrWiniming malice roll, She speaks the gloomy purpose of her soul " And have I found the worn - an who can dare :" With me the Royal Henry's love to share " Such bOld presumption claims thy forfeit breath— . " Behold me now thus doubly arm 'd w i t h d eat h ! " ChuSe which thou wilt—to drench thy guilty soul " In the dark liquor of this deadly bowl, - 4 ' Or:-let this dagger drinks thy base , born blood, " And wash thy penance, in a crimson ffood." ' :Low at her feet the beauteous suppliant lies ; • . Tearkelitieing tears, and sighs succeeding; 7 ighs ; - - Off the Queen's-robe in,rdeep despair she pith = And scarce could "Mercy" Utter from liar tongue, • "Pie. Queen still urges on h er dire behest Still holds, the dagger to the fair one's breast, Still presses Wier lips the fatal bowl, And thirsts foevetigeanee with a demon's soul, 'Not knOwing.what•to do, the hapless Fair Pleads in the eloquence of dumb despair-- - The Powerful fear of instantaneous death, Bids het endeavour to prOtraet her breath. She grasps the howl to shunt the gleaming knife.• To purchase e'en a moment's space oflife, • She drainsthe fatal bcv'rage—whilst the Queen Insulting views her with a smiling mien, I .l'hen with her Satavengearice.q u it s the•grove, And the Lir victim Of Kin g H enry ' s love ! Unliappy . Ro*aniond !—ller senses reel , And chill convulsive pangs lit.r• vitals feel. '. Like:ice dissolying in the bearas.of day, ! By slow degrees her faculties:decay. • Hangs on her ruby lips the gasping $ heath . , Whilst pallid cheeks besp e ak the hour of death ; Her eyes no more in melting lustre roll, Those eyes which once had warni'd an Xonarah's soul, The hand a Royal' Lover once had pre.st, Lies clench'd upon the scarcely heaving breast ; Oblivion's shades, o'er all her senses creep, • • And death receives her in a placid sleep. Long Math she slept, and long the silent tomb !lath clos'd for ever m'. r tier earthly bloom. Vet oft at. eve green Woodstock's bow'rs among, Between each pause of Philomela"s song, The wand'ring peasant heard, or seem e d to hear Soft strains of music melt upon his ear ; And thought, amid the dusk light of the eve, Ile heard fond spirits for the maiden grieve And oft, 'tis said, such plaintive notes as these Still some lone swain, or love-lorn maidenplease—, Doth God's good mercy then thy.sorrows. steep, All beauteous Maid, in death's ben;gnant sleep, Peace to thy may all-bounteous Heav'n Count in thy bitter lot z thy sins forgiv'n ! Oh may kind angelSliid thy sorrows pease, Andeleanse thy - follies with the halm of peace; While here their vigils kindred spirits keep , O'er thy sad ten - nh each mortal ey- . shall weep. ill* 0 ..i). 'SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. . BETTING-AT NE NIVMAROIL I O SATURDAY. • In consequence of,the runnrng:,lOnitsi:week at Newmarket and Cattetick, but particularly atabeoforixieP place, consider able alterations have,taken place,in the ad& for the . great races at Epsoth and, Doncaster. DERBY. ~ 5 to 1 agst Gustavus 1:5 to 1 ,agst Reginald 7to agst Mi. Batson 's Two 15 to 1 agst 'Morel [1 to I apt Charm 1 16 to 1 aggt...l9uke of York's to 2 agst Jock • Walton colt 3to 1 agst Cowslip . - 17 to 1 agst Truth. OAKS. 4 to I •ajst Iny Lady 5 to 1 a(rstla • &to I apt Zeal I , 9to 2 agst Augusta 141 to 1 agst Sprmge 10 to 1 agst Barrosa. s.kiNt LECER. 1 agst Jack Sp% , ot 14 to 1 agst Sandbach 1 agst Annalnlla 15 to 1 agst Rcmembrancer 1 agst Colwell , 20 to 1 agst Champagne 1 agst My Lady . 6.t0 10.ta 13 to 13 to • NEW - MIRKY; T. CRAVEN MEETING, 1821. SATURDAY, APRIL 28. • Sweepstakes of•loogs.each,' h. ft. Est. lib. D.M. Ld Jersey's c. Rid - Jar-1, by Orvillei - out of Miss Sophia • 1 IA Buftiela's c. by 111uley, out of Miss Witch • 2 Oen. Grosvenor's Peteinkin ••. - • •• • Even on Richarl • • Mr. Greville's Banker, 84.4 81b. beat Ld Suffield's Comical, Bst. 21b• 200:cs, h. ft.-2 to lon Banker. , • A Gold Cup value ifo4k* by a •Subscription of to g s the surplus (if any to be paid to the winner. A.P. wii=vr-olds carrying -6st. three, Ust. four, tist, 91b.: fiver.estk lib. 95t.51b.. and aged, 9st. 71b. - . Mr. Criickford's• Sultan. .4 yrS , Mr.:Vansittart's by Partisan, out of -Ridicule, 2 yrs ..; Sir J. Shelley's Ivanhoe, 3 yrs . ,11. R. It 4.11:: D. of Y'ozk's cii. f. Ros tta,.by Rtiantino, 3 yrs 4 - i)ne pd.. p 1 agst Sultan-4 to 4 agst PartiSan c.-2 to 1 agst Ivanhoe. His Royal Highness the Duke of -York was on the Course every day during the late Craven Meeting at Newmarket, and exited the particular attention of the company, which was un.; conitno.nly nuinerou§i TIIE FIRST OF MAY. MAY was the second month in the old Roman Calendar, the third in that of RomeTtr.. - s, and the fifth in. the one instituted by Numa. Pommtus--- a station it has held from that date to the present period. It consisted of 2'2 days in the Alban, ,and 31 `in RomvLus's calendar; •NuarA Pomet... Li us deprived it .of the odd day, which JULIUS C.CSAII. restored, since which it has remained un disturbed. On. -the 20t11 : .of this month the Sun enters the sign. Gemini,- or the. Twins, expressive, of the heat of that orb, and his typified twin bro.. flier the cold Ethel', then bearing an equal share in the system of nature. The Saxons called this month Tri-mi/ki and Tri-nzi/chii the juices of the young.grass then vigorously growing, as to enable them to milk Tri, or three times in the day ; and the ancient painters. emblernatized Nay by a youth with a lovely countenance, clothed in a robe of white and green, embroidered with daffodils, hawthorns, arid blue bottles, his head adorned with a garland of white and damask roses ; in one hand holding. a lute, and on the fourth finger of .the other a nightingale. We are obliged now .to treat of the manner in, which this day was and is ob.._ served. nom the earliest periods of aptiquity, it appears to have been an universal.eftstom iu all countries, and among persons of every persua, Sion, whether Jpvs, Pagans, Christiansi.or others, to celebrate, with,,marked demonstrations of fes, tivity, the return- of the joyous and enlivening season of spring; but , .the different effeetS of CH; mate, and the consequent variety of•sentiment and 'feelings, and more especially the diversity of religious, and political regulations, hate given rise to modes of enjoyment, - of a nature's° oppo, site, as scarcely to enable one , set of men. to re-, concile to their ideas of pleasure and recreation, those pastimes which, in the other, .constitute their greatest happiness.' We have not space to . contrast the amusements of the earlier ages of the world with those that have now succeeded ; but in this country, at the present moment, some rem, nant may be found of almost every species of amusement, from those that sprung out of neces, shy, to those of a refined tendency ; and, consti. tuted as man is, something to unbend and relax the mind is absolutely requisite, and it only re, quires the wisdom of the government properly to regulate public recreation, so as to answer the two-fold purposes of national advantage and indi, vidual, enjoyment. The customs of this day chiefly took their rise from the Romans, mixed %vial the superstitions of their belief, as may be found to be the case with the major part of those ancient usages, still in existence, on the 4th of the ca lendar of May. The Romans, our first con- • querors, held their Floralia, or festival, in honour of Flora, the goddess of fruit, flowers, &c. gil, relative to this day, says,---." est autem con suetudinis, ut juventus promiscia sesus Ltetw bunda cal. Maii exeat in agros, et cautitans inde virides reportet arboru:n ramoseosque ante do worum foxes ponat, priesertim apud Italos," &c. " Colebrabautur aulem ha 3 feria' atque ludi, Lactantio teste cum oinni lascivia verbis et mori b,ls pudludis, ad placandarn deam, qua floribus et fructibus prretrat. Nam per tabam - corito'ca bantur dinnia generis meretrices. Unde Juveualis, Digniaintal PrOSCSU; Flor"tili Natrona Juba Ex in thcatio elenudaten, ete. HOSP. Di ORIG. F.1:11: 159. To this alluded - wild and debauched custom may be traced. most of the festivities of May, now . indeed deprived of their ancient loose and protii-, gate rites, 'and modelled, by proo - ressive degrees, more conformably to the decorum of civilization. In-the South, where refinement earliest' took rise, and spread most generally, the practice of the day differs very materially- from the Northern and . Western parts of the island. The custom of gathering branches of trees and flowers to deck their persons, in strict conformity to the - Roman Floralia, is yet general in all parts, while in some places remote from the capital they assimilate to the mere general character' of that Pagan institu. tion, though not- quite in its original depraved state. In Cornwall, this holiday is'called TultitY, evidently • a corruption of Floralia.* In that county, .if any youth were discovered inattentive to the summons issued for universal indulgence, he was forthwith seized, conveyed sitting on . a pole to the river, and plunged headlong into the stream, without the power of receiving any re. dress -for the assault. The May Pole sprang from the same source. Priests, and Kings so late as Henry Bth, used to have Mayings ; on one of these occasions be -held a court at Shooters 11111, These Majings are continued in the :West and North of.-England; The Tait May Pole' in Len• don was-taken down in 1717, and conveyed to Wanstead,ln-Essex,,where it Was fixed as a,sur.. porter for, a-telescope. Its original height was 100 feet above the ground, and Pope perpetuates its remembrance thus: " Amidst the area wide they took their stand, • - Where the tall May Pole once o'erlooked the Strand. 7 And this May :Pole is also remarkable for having been the spot where the first IlAcitNer 6/ACIIE3 took their-stand. May Poles were used, too, as a sign for refreshment booths, &c. ; hence ale stake is met with in old anthors, signifying a May Pole, The May Lady, Manikin, Jack in the Green, &c. all had their origin from the same source, and are merely variations in the mode of repre• senting the goddess Flora ; while the holiday made by CHIMNEY SWEEPERS, who in these'days are the chief persons 'engaged in May sports, can perhaps be attributed to no other origin than that, by the commencement of summer, they lose the major part of their business, 'and the poverty incident to their profession becoming aggravated,' they naturally seek to - avail theinselves of festive . meetings to alleviate their - necessities, 'Formerly there were other ancient cerernonies of May, such as the Campus Maii, the Bealteitie, or May Fires, . &c. but their disuse renders inVestigation un, necessary here, • A, * The reader is referred to f 4 .Brady's Clavis Calendaris,7 fora detailed account of the origin of all remarkable. Feasts and Customs now observed. • A landtaiiwas killed near.. Chichester, on Friday last—a cir, cunistande not known by.: the oldest . sporisman at this times of year ; August being considered their time of migration this. country. It was a particularly fine bird, ix boo 4,1 condition.