The Sun. — London, England, 1821-01-13 00:00:00

ADRIATIC, &c. &c. r • : r rf iz is ,a A 1g 4 ►n ~e ~. The Aid sloop of war, Captain W. 11. SMYTH, :S arri ved at Deptford from the Mediterranean, having completed a very extensive survey of the Adri at i c, the lonian Islands, the North Coast ()1 Africa, and other places in that sea. Of such alPartance did the Austrian Government consider • a klinwledge of the shores of the Adriatic, that 4 i l) Plicati on was ma d e to t hi s country f or severa l of leir Officers to be employed under Captain s "Tn's directions, which was complied with, • -- 'arid le y returned to Vienna,with the result of liheir labours. Captain SMYTII, during the time e was employ e d i n s ur v e ying the Northern ( l ' G ast of Africa, had many interviews with his li 'ghaess the Bey of TRIPOLI. At one of those aud iences NIAMELUKE ltEis, the 13ey of Fezzan, was present, and stated, that on his return from 14 en gagement he had, to the southward of Mour -2°llk) he fell in with a ruined City, heaped with the remains of large edifices, and filled with I ' l°l a number of statues, as to have all the aP PearanCe of an inhabited place. The curi -134tY•01 Captain SMYTH induced him to prevail 0 4. the BEY to allow °Nils visiting the spot, which . Highness obligingly permitted, and directed a Par ty of Janizaries to accompany him. In Fe brilarY, 1817, Captain SMYTIL accordingly took i departure from Tripoli, and in three days rea ched Benuleat, where he learnt, that at q.iiirza he • would find plenty of figures of ul en, women, and children, intermixed with eareels, tigers, horses, dogs, &c. &c. all in st 'ne, to which they had been changed by Di- Vnl e Providence as a punishment for their In a few days Captain SMYTH and h is party arrived at Zemzem, after having passed a dreary and mountainous country ; but Inste a d of finding- the wonders that had been slated, and which were fully thought to exist, bathing but a few ill-constructed houses on the break of a rocky hill could be discovered, and at a small distance a number of tombs, con structed in bad taste, with ill proportioned co lumns and clumsy capitals, the frieze and entabla tures of Which were loaded with absurd repre leutatinns of warriors, husbandmen, camels, &c., f °4l.li ng the very Av:irst attempt at sculpture. "Le chagrin of a scientific mind at such a disap ttlilltrnent m a y be e asily conceived, and Captain Ntr r , hastened his return to Tripoli. During J°ll rney he learnt from Mameluke REIS the lu st certai n information of the death of Mr. F. ° "Eltaar, a Gentleman employed by the Afri ear, lb Association for prosecuting Discoveries in e Interior of that Country, and of whom they a d received no account for upwards of 17 years. t another audience Captain SMYTII had with the Cy, his Highness gave him permission to examine th e ruins , at. ancient Laptis, where he suc teea_ "ed in removing and sending to the British us eurn many valuable fragments of a n ti qu ity, acme fine porphyritic columns, many of very f ri ge dimensions, and beautiful marble parts of ti ez es, and fragments of statues. In consequence 1 4 . lo ng conference which Captain SMYTII had in t o vs t , ge Bey on the practicability of proceeding N tlit 'e Interior of Africa from Tripoli, the ex ile under the late Mr. RITCHIE, in which stlis"orks accompanied by Captain LYON, dis t(' Iti ikb as true Mussulmen, was undertaken, ea l 4 2 like all the rest that h ave b een attempt reach its destination, through the sa eat 411 d privations invariably attendant on te a "'Prizes, bat which served to add to the Rraph.. * caw. 'cal knowledge of that quarter of the terms C aptain SMYTH speaks in the highest wlith t r t he affability of the Bey of TRIPOLI, • 111 10 14 Ittt ention he received from his Highness, Ca gvwas permitt e d t o v i s it at all hours. He br ltie: l4ll nently in the Italian language, and "a il is ds C oh English, but seldom converses in it. 111411AL4off represented as far more orderly ne other Barbary Powers. SHIP NEWS. line 43 en~e' (1n_,1;2 ----Pitt back the Castlereagh for Bermuda; eat'sSrl_; and N e l son , f or Jamaica; Janus, for St. ki, 4 iitr at _ Ma nilla, for Tobago ; Melant ho, fur St. Domingo, Aitjt F ore-- tianies not known. Came down from the I,4"l9trharson, Cruickshank, for Bombay and China;, fo r ?, 11 a : c rr 4 er, for Bahia; Lovely ,Ann, Burgess, for ti r S, l ,: 11 °n, Smith, for Jamaica ; Marianna. Gardner, : 4 4 tid S es; and Salisbury, Guido, fur Cadiz. leg ; s ailed for the River the Union, Cowling, (runs nstitidnd Aiinable Grankin, fur Calais. Several "► 4t t arriv e d to-day from the westward, and sailed fur `ihea unknown. edall, JAN H.— Put back the Intrinsic, Forster. au Llr bt 4uxrd, from Messina. —rottiers, —uwatt, fro m L on d on ; an d otyru JA • a nd I.—Sailed the Luna, Knox, from Lon- At_al4/otprrcPb aud.tane, for Jersey. 1 , ,_` 11 4, r 4 4 ", JAN. 10.—Sailed the Lydia, Hin , gins, for 24,.; klaroutsl and Jane, Howes, fur Loi ' idon; and Ar cile lj u ",. r a: s Lantlers, for Poole. ". N at ;! g. , 1 Kent packet, with a mail from Li s b on , h as •-u ; sailed tgth ult. k,. ll l ed 'e Exete r . C , ompany of Com e di ans are sa f e tk r i l at Exet er from Guernsey, after encoun "t) l g a most (perilous p assage .— ( E xeter Flying an. SIR HARCOURT LEES. We stated on Thursday, that Mr. BRIDGMAN, a Confectioner, in London, had sent a Twelfth Cake, of no ordinary dimensions, to Sir HARCOURT LEES, as an humble testimony of his admiration of the Rev. Baronet's patriotic Letters. The follow ing is the Correspondence that passed on the oc casion, and we have only to wish that many of the higher ranks of life possessed as much good sense as the honest Confectioner, aild were as clear sighted and intrepid in the cause of TRUTH, as Sir HARCOURT LEES. TO SIR HARCOURT LEES, BART. Stn.—With great deference and lespect, I beg leave to pre sent you witlrone of my Twelfth Cakes, and, trifling as it is, to request your acceptance of it. Having, with great pleasure. read your two splendid Letters in The Morning Post, I remain delighted and gratified—de lighted, with your talent, zeal, and devotedness—gratified in knowing there is one who dares avow himself the oppo►er of Atheists, Whigs, and Radicals. Sir, you have the honour of being the first known leader in the defence of every thing that is dear to us. Yon will be followed by numbers in this holy and glorious cause ; and, the conflict over, your name will be cherished, honoured, and immortalized. With thanks - for your exertions, prayers for your success, and best wishes fur the continuance of your health and happi ness, I am, Sir, Your obliged, obedient servant, 10, Wigmore-street, London. JOHN BRIDGMAN. Black Rock, Dublin, Jan. G, 1821. SIR—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt, this day, on my return from Dublin, of your letter of the 27th o f December, (inclosed in a box, containing a very large Twelfth Cake,) expressive of the great pleasure with which you have read two Letters (the third and fourth) of mine, to the People of England, published in that truly loyal and Constitutional Paper, The London Naming Post. In requesting my ac ceptalice of this most weighty and most magnificently de corated proof of your attachment to the Constitution, and your approbation of those bumble but detet mined efforts of mine to7shield your Sovereign and your religion from insult an►iannibilation, you acquire my esteem and respect for your principles, whilst you merit my gratitude and thanks for the flatteringencomiums which you have had the kindness to bestow on my writings. Your assurance, Sir, that my example will be followed by numbers in the defence of every - thing that ought to be dear to Englishmen and to Christians, I am happy to say, has been corroborated by letters, received from total strangers of all.ranks and classes, in every part of Great Bri tain, expressive of their deep sense of obligation fur my suc cessful exertions to roust them from their stupor, and to in spire them wit►, resolutibn to proclaim boldly and manfully their determination to protect the just prerogative and dig nity tifthe Throne front outrage, arid the Constitutional pri vileges.of the subject from destruction—both of which arc in the most imminent danger, believe me, from the place-hunt ing efforts of your Whig Patriots on one side, and your In fidel Patriots on the other; whilst your holy Religion, and the severed guardians of your faith are equally despised and insulted by both narties.. I shall send you, Sir, by the ear liest opportunity, copies of my numerous productions. You will probably see my fifth Letter to the people of England,(now at Press) in the London Papers of next week. I shall forward it to-morrow night to those loyal and truly liberal Editors, who have given immediate insertion to sentiments, dictated by disinterested principles of allegiance to a grossly calum niated King, and of awe and reverence for the pnyest system I of religious faith, that ever vindicated the omnipotence of a Redeemer, or claimed the veneration of a Christian. I have the honour to subscribe myself, Sir, With every sentiment of respect, most faithfully, HARCOURT LEES. To Mr. Jolla Bridgman, In, Wigmore-•trert, London. (Dublin) Corrapendent, Jan. 8. OXFORD, JAN. I'2.—Congregations will be holden fur the purpose of 'granting Graces and conferring De grees on the following days in the ensuing Tenn,, viz. Ja nuary IS, 27 ; February 8; 20; March 3,6, 20 April 3, 14. , . HACKNEY.COACHES.—A question of some in terest to the public at large, respecting the re turn fares allowable to drivers of hackney coaches and chariots, has lately been agitated, ou the construction to be attached to the. 55tb Geo. 111. c. 159, s. 5 According to the construc tion put upon this clause, much difference of opinion seems likely to arise. An example of the operation of one method of construc tion may be stated thus :—Suppose, for in stance, that either a hackney-coach or chariot is hired at Lambeth Marsh-gate stand, and dis charged at Vauxhall, the distance exceeding one mile and a quarter, the fare thither would be Is. 6d. and if the back fare be charged .separately, the distance exceeding one mile and a-quarter, such back fare would be also Is. 6d.; but if the distance driven back be added to the dis tance thither, making one fare, the aggregate dis tance exceeding two and a half miles, the fare is 3s. 6d. the construction put on this question is, that it is one fare, as in the latter case they al low the coachman 3s. 6d. But (in exemplifica tion of the other construction) suppose a coach or chariot hired at the stand at Knightsbridge, and discharged at Chapel-street in G rosvenor place, the distance thither being more than half a mile, and the fare Is. the distance back being only a quarter of a mile, the fare of that also ls. the man's charge taken separately would be 2s. ; whereas if taken together, his fare would be only ls. and the Commissioners' construction would give only Is. altogether, since the whole distance to and fro does not exceed one mile. The following is the opinion of the Attorney and Soli citor-General :—" It seems to us, that the fare back is to be charged as a distinct faro, and that the two fares are not to be added together to make up an entire fare " The residence of D. SERATTON, Esq. of Pen enden Heath, near Maidstone, was broken into last week, and the cellar, pantry, kitchen, and parlours completely ransacked, and the thieves escaped without alarming the family, and after eating heartily of beef, and drinking a consider able quantity of wine, carrying with them, beside other articles, a ham, a surloin of beef, neatly whole cheese, nine bottles of Madeira, and a caauister of tea. P 0 E T It Y. EPIGRAM. Our Radical Reformers cry. 0;d England's basis stands awry ; Mend this, they say, mend that, mend t'other ; Spare, spare, good people, your concern, Let this Old England serve your turn, 'Till you can shew us . such another. REGISTER OF FASHION. IMPROVEMENTS AT CHATSWORTH. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE has not kept up Old English Hospitality, at his princely chateau, this season, in consequence of the vast alterations now going on therein. In fact, the whole house is coming down, except the state apartments. The whole of the exterior architecture is undergoing renovation, with all its colossal pediments of stone. The house is to be built upon an enlarged scale. A museum, excelling in beauty of structure, any edifice of modern date, will be erected, to con tain the rarest works of ancient and modern times. All the inestimable statues, vases, busts, which his Grace collected on his travels, and are now scattered through different mansions, are to be placed therein. All the invaluable pictures the Duke bought in Paris, and Italy, will grace the walls. In addition to the vast assemblage, we may enumerate the rare specimens of that branch of the fine arts, preserved by the first Countess of SHREWSBURY. A magnificent En trance-hall is in contemplation. New lodges of stone ; and all the out offices are to be rebuilt. The staircase is to excel any thing yet seen, except the celebrated one at Chesterfield House. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE is now at Ilardwicke with a party ,enjitmille. His Grace's time is principally occupied in superintending the improvements at Chatsworth, it being distant only 16 miles. from his present abode. An estimate has lately been made of his Grace's moveable property, name ly ; furniture, books, plate, pictures, jewels, and statuary. The estimated value is Twelve Hundred Thousand Pounds! Ilardwicke is a very fine mansion of stone. It was built by the first Countess of Shrewsbury, some three hun dred years ago. It was celebrated as the resi dence of MARY - Queen of Scots for 16 years. FAMIONABLE ARazvALs.—Prince Ciruitale, at Greillon's Hotel, from the Earl of Essex's seat, Cashiohury Park, Herta ; Lord Newborough and his brother, Hon. Mr. Wynne, and the Rev. Mr. Philips, at the British Hotel, Jermyn street, from Brighton; Captain Gunning, at the Pultney Hotel, from Shropshire; James Manic, Esq. at do., from Brighton; Henry Clive, Esq. M.P. from his seat, Backham, Becks; Miss de Ponthien, in Stratton-street, from her sent in Surrey; Misses Metcalf, in Seamore Place, front their seat in Suffolk; Counsellor Holt, at Shelley's Hotel, from Sid mouth, Devonshire. DEPARTUREL—The Marchioness of Tavistock, to Oakley House, Bedfordshire; Lord and Lady Cranky, from the Cla rendon Hotel, to their seat, in Kent ; Mr, Napen, from ditto, to Lord Sherhorn's seat, in Esseic ; Lord Barnard, to his fa ther's, the Earl of Darlington's seat, Ruby Castle ; Sir Thos. Farquhar, Bart. to Brighton ; Sutfield Brown, Esq. from the .Britisis Hotel, so his-•gnat ; in Leicestershire; Peter Labuit. entre, Esq. to his seat; Chelmsford ; Lord Sydney, to his seat, Frognell; Lord Francis Osborne, to his seat, in Cambridge shire; Mr. Geoffrey Nightingale, for Berkshire. CHANGES.—EarI and Countess of Coventry and family, to Streatham, Sur,ey, from Croorne; Viscount Deerburst, from %Vitley Court, the seat of Lo•d Foley, to Se►•ern Bank, %Wor cestershire. BATH ARNIVALS.—Lord Granville Somerset, Hon. C. and Mrs. Boyle, Admiral S. F. Bertie, Sii F. Armstrong, Sir 1). Maxwell, Sir G. Neville, Sir G. Prevost, Sir E. Synge, Sir H. Strachey—Gen. and Mts. Cameron, Gen. Dickson, Lieut.- Col. West, Major Cane, Major Elton, Col. and Mrs. Neynor, Col. Bronibead, Capt. and Mrs. E. S. Clay—Captains Burke, H. B. Collier, Fend, Gibbons, Grey, Hanilyn, Hawkins, Mansfield, Monkland, Page, Lieut. Burlton, Lieut. Eyre, Lieut. Gilmore—Dr. and Mrs. Taylor, Dr. Butler, Dr. Jones —Rev. 1)r. Davis, Rev. Mr. Applebee, Rev. Mr. Lewis, Rev. Mr. Payne, Rev. Mr. Raymond, Rev. Mr. Rogers, Rev. Mr. Scubell. The following has been recently given as an anecdote of SWIFT, but the facetious trick was really practised by a former Officer in the Navy, well known by the name of MAD Mos -4 TAGuE:— " No man was more fond of a practical joke than Dean Swift. Once, when in London, the Doctor ordered a coach, into which he entered with three of his friends, and ordered the coachman to drive them to a certain spot ; just before they arrived at the appointed place, the Dean (after concert ing his plan with his companions) unfastened one of the doors, and when the coachman descended, he was ordered to open the other; Swift stepped down, and the eight being very da►k, passed u►rperceived round the back of the coach, which he again entered by the door he had unfastened ; and by the time the last of the passengers had descended at the other door, - he was ready to descend again : his companions d►d the same. John was astonished to find a firth passenger, thinking that he had only taken up four; but his amazement was doubled when a sixth descended! He was so completely stupitied, that his powers of action were entirely suspended until the, thirteenth passenger kit his vehicle; at this mo ment he plucked up courage enough to mount his box, and drove off with the utmost celerity, thinking himself happy in escaping from those who, he had no doubt, were inhabitants of Pandemonium." The real conclusion of the story was, that when the man had! Waited- some time iu wonder and affright, he ran away from his coach, and told his master that " he had counted 18 Devils, and that they were still coming out." PROVitIiNTIAL ESCAPE.—A few days since as the Hero, Bristol and Birmingham coach, • was passing along . the causeway leading from Tewkes bury-bridge, on the Worcester-road, it was met at the toll-gate •by another Bristol coach, When the coach;ren, having some business to transact. with each other, got down and left their horses without any person at their heads, or even in the charge of the reins, when, on a sud den, the horses of the Hero coach, which had just been put to it at Tewkesbury, turned round and pursued their way back to the to w n i n full speed. Some persons on the bridge seeing the circumstance, .attempted to stop them ; but their exertions only alarmed' the horses more, and turning short round, the leaders jumped over the battlement- •the bridge, where they remain ed suspended by 'the harnesS until assistance was procured, and they -were extricated from their perilous - situation. There were but two passen gers with the -'coach (one of whom was Captain Willis of :this- town), and their feelings cannot easily.be'destribed,.for they may be said to have been miraculously preserved-'from destruction.— ( Cfiellenham Chronicle ; Jan. 11.) MR. ASHE'S FIFTH CONCERT. Wednesday evening's amusement commenced with a grand Siufonia of HAyDN's ; the Perfor mers wishing to second the spirit of their leader, Mr. LODER,' exerted themselves with success, and it certainly was given with great effect. Next followed a beautiful glee of Bisnop's, "The huge globe has enough to do ;" we hardly need add, that in the hands of GARRETT, A. _FADER and RoLLE, that it was received with pleasure. In succtssion came Mr. VINER'S production, ' a scientific composition, the -Words by our young friend, Mr. J. HARIiER, which Mr. LEON! LEE did ample justice to, Immediately after followed. the duet, " Se vedet una ragazza," by Mrs. ASHE and Miss H. ASHE—it was admirably sang and warmly applauded. Mr. RonnE's son. - Of Handel, " Pour f or th - no more ," displayed' his beautiful mellow bass - Voice to advantage, and we are happy to witness the great improvement he has recently made by application and study—soon he will reach the climax of per fection ! Miss Woon is certainly a most ad mirable singer; in a Scena of Singarilli's." SOl7l-• mo del the it cur mi vedi," she gave the genuine expression and beauty of the composer, The attention of the audience was now particularly di rected to the Orchestra, to witness the entrance of Master SMITH(a wonderful musical phenomenon from the Nobility's concerts, London;) this charm ing little boy, only eight years old ! gave a song by Davy, " been an orphan poor," " Cease your funning," and joined in a duet with Miss AsuE, " MY pretty Page," in all of which he electrified a brilliant assemblage of beauty, fashion, and musical amateurs, whose won der and delight-being too great for restraint— encore and bravo ! were ushered from all parts of the room ; his voice is extensive, powerful, anl sweet, and we hail with pleasure the eV4ning that again gives us the skill of age and study issuing from the mouth of a child ! MrS. AsHF. never hr.- parted more delight in her life ; Handel's divine aria, " Dove sci amato belie," produced sensations the most gratifying. The duet, by the same com poser, " The Lord is a Man of IVar," was finely given by ROLLE and L. LEE. Mr. J. 13.131tAmEn, on the piano -forte—what shall we say of this great masterl—words cannot convey many excellen cies—he stands unrivalled, if true taste, en lightened and ,comprehensive study, elegance of touch—and the most delightful composition form a theme for judgment and eulogium—every move ment of his fingers speaks majestic charms—it. was indeed " Cramer's" performance !! !—(Thah. Herald, Jan. 1'2.) IMPERATIVE STATUTE.— Mr. GERRARD, a builder, appeared at Marlborough-street Odic?, yesterday, befoi eH. DYER, Esq. the Sitting Magistrate, in obedience to a summons exhibited against him by some firemen, upon his refusal to pay the usual reward (allowed by Act of Parlia ment,) attached to .a chimney being discovered. to be on fire. The watchman of the beat proved, that he found a stench of smoke, and discovered Mr. Gerrard's chimney to be on fire, in conse quence of which he made an alarm, and soon after engines arrived on the spot ; . the inmates re fused him admission into the house. lie•po.3l - swore to there being a fire. The firemen, on examination of the chimney, did not discover any fire ; but there had apparently been one in, the chimney. The Worthy Magistrate wished it to be perfectly understood, that it wasno mat ter whether flames or spark% were seen in a case of the above nature, one or the other came within the meaning of the Act ; for instance, if a servant was merely to lay some wood in the grate and set fire to it, and the sparks issuing from that were to be seen coming from the chimney, so that it was proved, it would be imperative to de cide in favour of the plaintiff. Mr. Gerrard ac quiesced in the decision of the Magistrate.— (Morning Paper.) REMARKABLE PRESER VATION.--MARTHA PREE• D au old woman about 73 years of age, a resi dent in Worcester, and who has for some time past been afflicted with mental derangement and loss of speech, left her home on Christmas-day last, taking with her a quantity of wearing appa rel, &c. Every inquiry and search were imme diately made in the neighbourhood, by her hus band and friends, for the discovery of her person, but without effect ; and it was not till the fol lowing Thursday that any information was ob tained respecting her. Early on Tuesday morn ing she was discovered standing in a mill-pond, near Ledbury, in a state of insensibility from the intensity of the weather; from this deplorable situation she was promptly removed by several humane persons, and by whose kind exErtions and benevolent attentions she has been restored. to her family. CAUTION TO SKAITERS.-On Sunday after noon, as Mr. Joseph Gunnery Griffith, ne phew of Mr. Gunnery, solicitor, was amus ing himself on a pit, which, having a spring, left the water scarcely frozen over in the middle, he fell in. Every assistance was imme diately rendered ; and Mr. Knowles, nephew of Mr. Knowles, John-street, plunged through the broken ice, and brought the unfortunate boy to the land ; but too late, the intense cold hav ing taken away the vital spark. It is a remarkable and melancholy fact, that the Cor • over for the adjoining townships had not less than eight imjuests to attend yesterday ; .and that within three days not not less than. 17 individuals have met a premature death, by incautiously venturing upon the ice, which, it would appear, is at the present season in a very , insecure state. To the above melancholy list, with regret we have to add the name of our re spected young townsman, Mr. W. Kearsley.--: (Liverpool Alerc4l.ll.) A publicab residing in the put-part of Walcot, was lattly fided by the Magistrates in the miti gated penalty of 111. 6d. for the suffering tippling in his house during Divine Service on the Lorcl's Day.