The Sun. — London, England, 1821-08-20 00:00:00

I • - - • 7/ - ) • •• • A - ^4l • OA' 7 fil9/ ~~y " ;emu••• •'. .0")+, 67-e. SUN. e NumBER 9043.] MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1821. VI C 7 'LI. , ILLING-OFFICE, 4ug. 14, 1841. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL ,. LING His MAJESTY'S NAVY d o h ere b y g i ve No lee. that on Friday, the 44th instant, they will be ready to ress'ive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for One Hundred Tons of MUSCOVADO SUGAR (to be an tiverabte to samples of not less than two pounds weight e ach. to be produced with the Tenders), Two hundred Pipes of SPANISH RED WINE, ` t ' i 't Fifteen Hundred Sacks of BISKET MEAL; ° be delivered into Ins Majesty's Victualling Stores at Dept erd• in the space of One Month (the Sugar . and Meal by propOrtivms),aml to be paid for by Bills, payable, .suhout interest, sixty slays after date. 714 e Oi,stlitiont of the Contracts may be seen at the Secre -'a °Ace. Ns regard will be had to any Tender in which the Price It /Int •inzerted wor6..t sr; length, or that shall 7111 i be ; Ii " red to the Board before One o'Clock on the said : 14 Y) the 24th instant; nor unless the Person who makes Y►heu called orsonie Person on his behalf° attends S. answer for. PIC MII,LIIVO-OFFICE, July 24, I R2l. 11111 E COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING His 4114JES7'Y'S Are VY do hereby give jv. „ 3 Pe t that on 7'uesday,the 2 1st of August next, they will be fI Y to receive Tenders in• writing (sealed up), and treat a. th e Supply of all such quantities of SF.A PROVISIONS jt IC d emanded for the use o f His .11 a jesty's Ships a nd es +eta at Itunleary, in Ireland, for the space of Twelve Calendar Month,. 2'he conditions of the Contract may be seen at the Secre crrlt. ° ffice, at this Office, or by applying to the Postmaster sit bunleary. N o •4 regard will he had to an y T en d er i n w hi c h th e P r i ce all "oj be inserted i n Words at length, or that shall not e + 7 w deli ""d to th e B oar d b e f ore One o ' C l oc k on t h e said ,104.414 the 27 et o f A ugus t nex t, nor ?mks, the Person to ' 44 44 th e T ender, or some Person ,in his behalf, attends, . ttrat, "a wer when called for: nor will any Tender th a t cont a ins fe,lo4.. a gant pri ces upon some art i cles, and prices much in fo , 0 the real value upon others, be considered as proper ;de admitted. 4 . aelL r emder must al so b e accom p an i e d by a L e tt er , s i gne d ,tivierploo responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with p ip , "St tenderin g , i n t h e P ena l S um o f 500 1 . f or t h e d ue rnt o of the Contract. °Jto VICTCULLING-YARD, Augur 4, 182 -P. are to give Notice, That on Thursday, 30,4 Instant, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, e.t Poied to PUBLIC S.l LE, at His mayeiit, B EEF ' ar d, Deptford, 1500 Casks of SERVICEA BLE AR' 1 1 .7, 4 as also the . following UNSERVICEABLE . now lying in the said Yard, viz. s--- re!rea, Bread bust, Flour, Flour Sweepings, Rice, Pease, 8 44 et'l'eni ngs, Oatmeal, Oatmeal Sweepings, Bakehouse to‘t,:ePingss Callarances, Pearl Barley, Gravy and Vegetable ~heE:Pt7S"iin Bottles, Empty Canisters, Sugar, But ter, ~ Spi r e . s ' "eef, Pork, Suet, Vinegar, Red and White NI ine, te n , Anniseed, Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, "*"...."*" If "n Juice Cocoa Bags, Bags and Rags, and a quantity 41 1 11!°4en Glass : i Butt, ' Puncheon, Hogshead, Barrel, Half ehpo _ Kild er k in, Small Cask, Tobacco Cask, Ruin Pun tl,l;4l Irish Tierce an d B arre l Staves, Heading tight and hTinThet, Cast I ron, Fire Wood, &c. trecic...—Ae of 25/. per cent. is to be made upon the amount l it 4 "t at the time of Sale, and the remainder of the pur- Pop p. neY paid before the St ores art remo v willed, for which r le ° N. willa peri o d o f fourteeu working days be allowed d he 4 cr Y of Sale; the Bayersparticularly observing that lei cii 4 , 4 than one half of th e quant i ty i s to b e taken away teitot: the ,first Seven days, and the remainder in the seven trig „ " g . 40 V, other w i se the Deposit Money will be forfeited, Cro wn ', Provisions or Stores remain the property of the tp,„ at no extension of time will, on any account, be sale ?pert b eing a cons id era bl e Number of Lots, the will co' at Ten o'clock precisely' PISTATIONERY OFFICE, Auo. 4, 1821. VII 4 COMPTROLLER and STORE- Detts E PEII, of this OFFICE are ready to receive TEN for t h , Pens, Qu ills, Wax, w 5 ,a pply of Paper , , Ribands, eald 441.1, Cutlery, Packing Cases, rape let : r : ' .v. 4141411443, Memorandum Boas, Cord, 'I 'in We l:4l64'T' '''‘'l'reper Stands, Paper Wafer Boxes, Ehony Seals, I), ''•ne' alltd Sand Boxes, Steel and Brass Wafer lnk /WI" Inkstands, Lead Pressers, Cards, Ston e k‘ and Di, ilk C 544. Leer, arkig PAds, Ler run Service patch 13°1 es, andath LeatMher Ink Bottles, fur eath the l Public r i , ) j i lit !" l O Parti cul ars will b e d e li vered, . and Samples of the, s jlfiee:frrequired Will b e exhibited at the Storekeep.er ay s fr °in Eleven Clock u n til Th ree, for twenty-eig i I t e4l & the Dale hereof. 11-NG, TacCo-urildr..;-tßoLitile.y usual AI.F lir r 14 0 r - r E it rl , e 7 izd , I t I all lengt li, the SCH El i l id E , : t f t t h i e . . tu t y . best iiipie_nls,llll Puhtilf, g,, pr :io r w„ , i t , jit will be.foundLt(oi_coernysis:it;. m ,aroit hwol ctice.hscor,,ozjillic\•.koctsroihoelsee all l d drawn ho , i i n d (2noiteh Dt:ctll74. plenteerarelr,r teany Stock Prizes, all te Prize-sdleioezg.,hervery kt...i.ekeet `o ven d sit:ll:ley, each Classes ar;elycidiiig ts own fate and no ot l a w o r, lt r hree Grand Nloney•Prizes of Thirty Thous and of d A .. ' r . hesldes 30 other Capitals; and tine grand feat ure. t.r 1-otter), is, that there are nor Two Blanks to a Prize. ,niolild My friefiels thi' lc proper to atronize this Lotter'', 144,11 feel convinced tnl 'l4I P respectfully solicit a rntiance of that at'retymawie I h• s rn ve st ez r p e erieneed fnr such a "g "ri " of Yeats.Paod I gho ,e'Dame Fortune will enable hie, as beitofore, tc: b e as libera l in dispensi ng h er favours. I,bare the honour to he, with the greatest respects The Public's most devoted servant,- Cornhill and BISH . St k broker. 9. Cheri ng-CroTss.. . A t l i 4 in the'Loitrry just. inished "I shared and sold O ne . ‘'l tl:r" Z f - . . 2 . -1 'l(l'4-- OROOf ,X 20.00 of. 416,000 r sad 1 6 , THE ASSIZES. MAIDSTONE, Avo. 18. RIOT AT CANTERBURY. THE KING V. BUSHELL AND OTHERS. This was an indictment against John Bushell, W. Marsh, G. Harris, Richard Brice, Charles Minott, Thomas Rye, and Thomas Gurney, for a riot. A second count charged theni with as saulting Janies Warren, Esq. Mayor of the City of Canterlitiry ; and othet counts charged them with assaulting certain constables in the execu tion of their duty ottl the 16th of November last, at Canterbury.. • This case excited consid era bl e interest: The trial lasted from eight in the morning until past ten at night; and during the whole day the Court was crowded to excess. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. NoLAN and Mr. BOLLAND. The defendants were de fended separately by Mr. COMMON SERJ CANT, Mr. ADOLPHUS, Mr. ANDREWS, and Mr. CHITTY. The following is an outline of the case, as it appeared from the evidence on both sides : In consequence of the example set by the Metropolis in No vember last of illuminating to celebrate the result of the pro ceedings in the House of Lords against her late Majesty Queen Caroline, a ,Requisition, signed by four Aldermen, several Common Councilmen, and a great many other respectable in habitants of Canterbury, was sent to the Mayor, requesting him to give public notice to the inhabitants of the City, that they would be expected to imitate the conduct of the Metropolis on that memorable occasion, by illutninaiing to celebrate the defeat of the alleged conspiracy against her Majesty's life and honour, it being suggested that the sanction of the Chief Ma gistrate of the City, for that purpose, would effectually tend to preserve the public peace. To this requisition the Mayor re turned an answer, declining to comply with the wishes of the requisitionists, and declaring his opinion to be, that if he were to accede to the request, it would have a different tendency from that suggested. The requisitionists, in reply to this , put forth a remon s t rance , stating their reasons why the City of Canterbury o ug ht not to grew any backwardne ss in demonstrating their attachment and reverence for the Queen, in celebrating the termination of an inquiry which had polluted the land with obscenity and inde cency; and acting upon these sentiments, they of their own ac cord issued an invitation to the inhabitants to illuminate their houses in a proper and becoming manner, on Thursday evening, th' 16th of November. This produced, on the part of the Mayor, a printed publica tion of the requisition which had been sent to him, and the an-'' swer thereto, accompanied by an extract from the Riot Act, with an intimation that any breach of the peace would be visited with the severest penalties of the law. On the morning of the 16th, five persons, described as some of the most respectable inhabitants of the City, waited upon the Mayor, and requested him to swear in a certain number of special constables for the preservation of the peace in the evening. The Mayor desired that this request might be reduced into writing, and signed by the parties. The magistrate's Clerk was instructed for that purpose, and he accordingly framed a declaration to be deposed to on oath. It was signed by the Mayor's brother-in-law, a journeyman printer, and three other persons of humble condi tion. Upon this the Mayor, without summoning his b ro th er Magistrates, or consulti ng with them, immediately issued his precept for swearing in special constables, all of whom were either of the working class or middling tradesmen. The only Magistrates who sanctioned this proceeding were two Aldermen who happened to be present. At this time there was no symptom of any thing like tumult or noise in the City. It was eleven o'clock in the morning. An 'order Was then sent to the Colonel Commandant of the troops to have the soldiers under arms and ready for action, in case their services should be wanted. At five in the evening the special constables were all stationed in the immediate vicinity of the Mayor's house, and a Captain's guard of soldiers was drawn up near the spot. No symptoms of riot or disturbance as yet appeared. About eight in the evening the streets began to be crowded by persons to witness the illuminations. Shortly after that time a cart was drawn through the street before the Mayor's door, with three effigies in it, representing Restelli, Majocchi, and Louisa Demont, the celebrated witnesses against her late Ma jesty. In the cart, which was drawn by one of the defendants, accompanying the effigies, was a chimney sweeper dressed in his sable canonicals, with flambeau in one hand, and a stick in the other, with which he occasionally inflicted some castigation upon the effigies, to the great deli g ht o f t h e crowd. Be also appeared now and then to have a book in his hand, from which he administered spiritual consolation to the culprits. This ex hibition was followed by a crowd of about two hundred per sons, composed of the tradesmen of the town and their sons. The crowd announced that their intention was to burn the effi gies in front of the Mayor's houSe. As they passed the Mayor's door a few random stones were flung and broke some of his windows. Cries of " The Queen for ever !" resounded from all quarters. Previously to this there had been two or three windows broken in front of the Mayor's dwelling. The crowd then passed on with the effigies towards th e G u ildh a ll. On their return ; about t e n o'clock, just as they got to the Mayor's door, the special constables, by a signal from a watch man's rattle, rushed in a body upon the cart and tore the effigies in pieces. This act of aggression roused the indignation of the mob, which at that time had increased in numbers, and, after driving away the constables, they commenced a regular attack upon the Mayor's windows, and broke to the number of 80 panes. Stones, brickbats, marbles, bullets, penny-pieces, and every other imaginable missile, were used on the occasion. They then attempted to force the shutters of the Mayor's shop (in which he carried on the business of a silversmith), and tried to get into the house. At this time the Mayor himself made his appearance, and was immediately recognised by the mob, who abused him with opprobrious names, hooted and hissed him. In making his retreat, he was pelted with mud, and was struck on the back of the neck by a brickbat, which hurt him severely. A large stone, aimed at his head, fortunately missed him, or probably the blow would have been fatal. He succeeded in getting to the Town Hall, and, accompanied by two Aldermen and the Town Clerk, he returned to the scene of riot. The soldiers were then called in to clear a passage to the house, and having entered, the Mayor ordered the Riot Act to be read from the window of the second floor. The Town Clerk pro ceeded to read it, and whilst in the act of doing so, several stones were thrown, which covered his book with broken glass. The Mayor then warned the mob to depart in quietness ; but they continued to fling stones at the house. When the Mayor descended again into the street, he was reviled and abused ve hemently. The mob exclaimed against using military force, and said they would not be governed by military law. Upon which the soldiers were ordered out of sight, and the noise and tumult increased. When the military were brought back, however, peace was restored, and by four in the morning the streets were completely cleared. The several defendants above-mentioned, five of whom are respectable and wealthy farmers, residing in t h e v i c i n i ty of Canterbury, were now charged. with taking part in these riotous proceedings. The main question in the ease was their identity. A vast number of witnesses were examined on both sides. [The verdict had not reached us when our Paper was put to Press.] (Morning Paper.) AFFAIR or HoNoue.—Thursday sennight, a meeting took place at Castleclough, near Kil larney, between Dr. MURPHY and Dr. BRENNAN, of that town. The former was attended by ROBERT• HERBERT,' Esq. and the • latter by 111 mus W.SWENEY, 'Esq. .After an exchange of shots, without injury to either party, the se conds interfered, lint effected a reconciliation. FOREIGN "LITERATURE. (No. XXXIV.) VOYAGE CRITIQUE as L'ETNA en 1819 ; e. A CRI TICAL , JOURNEY to MOUNT ETNA in 1819, 1?y J. A. de (loom:ay...Lox. 2 Vols. Bvo. Paris, 1821. This is indeed a critical journey, not only to Etna, but throughout all Sicily, for M. de Gour billon is inexorable to his precursors : he keeps close to them, follows them step by step, cavils at their most trivial observations, and is quite de lighted when he can impugn any of their con jectures, or detect an error of an inch or two in the measurement of a column. Of all the vir tuosos who have visited Si c ily, B orc h and Bry done are, in the opinion of M. de Gourbillon, the two who have made most liberal use of the pri vilege of travellers: Here Borch is inexcusable for having fancied he saw a tomb amid a heap of stones, which were only the remains of an aque duct or amphitheatre; there Brydone was a fool for having maintained that the quarries of Syra cuse were formerly prisons; and both of them are to be pitied for their credulity in believing the ,old story of the Ear of Dionysius. M. de Gourbillon alone sees things in their proper light ; and, though he affects a sovereign con tempt for old ruins, and for pedants versed in Greek and Latin, who pretend to explain every thing, he does riot hesitate, displaying at the same time all the erudition he possesses, and quoting even Greek and Latin, to expound at the first glance, and on natural principles, the difficulties which have most embarrassed the learned for several centuries. Scarcely does the historian Fazello, who lived in the sixteenth century, meet with favour at the hands of M, de Gourbillon ; and indeed he is more than once reprimanded by him. With respect to the Ear of Dionysius, we all know that this celebrated tyrant had caused a prison in the shape of an ear to he constructed at the foot of an enormous rock : above the open ing the tympanum of the ear was contrived, form ing a sort of niche, in which the suspicious Dio nysius was accustomed to lie down every day after dinner, to overhear the secrets which his victims seldom failed to disclose. This method, Borch seriously remarks, procured for Dionysius a peaceable reign of thirty-eight years. M. de Gourbillon entered this famous ear, which is about 174 feet deep, and at the risk of being condemned to the quarries, he spoke out in a loud voice, and the echoing vault repeated his words with astonishing correctness. So far so well, and the proof of the . Ear of Dionysius would thus be established in the opinion of a Brydone, a Borch, and any common traveller; but M. de Gourbillon still had his doubts, which could not be satisfied until he had gone into the lurking hole of the tyrant., This hole, as we have before observed, was immediately over the entrance of the cavern, at the height of 60 feet, and on the side of a rough and almost perpendicular moun tain, which neither Borch nor Brydone ven tured to climb. This was enough to stimu late the courage of M. de Gourbillon ; and behold him, by means of a rope and pulley, hoisted into the air, and lodged on the famous tympanum, on which he immediately lies down with his ear to the ground ; but, alas! in vain did his guides roar in the cavern, either owing to M. de Gourbillon not having such a fine ear as the Tyrant of Syracuse, or that the ravages of time have injured the most ancient tympanum of the world. The intrepid traveller heard not a syllable of the cries with which the vault beneath him resounded, and he thence concludes that antiquity knew not what it said, that Borch and Brydone are dupes, and that if Dionysius had no other means of discovering conspiracies, the lowest police-agent of modern times could have given him useful lessons. This accuracy and these scruples of M. de Gourbillon are certainly very praiseworthy.— We have a high opinion of the sincerity of a man who, for the love of truth, consents to he drawn through the air like a bundle of straw ; who, seated in a frail skiff, encounters, for our instruc tion, the perils of the' famed Charybdis; who fears not to climb the steepest precipices, and to descend into craters and abysses ready to burst with volcanic matter ; and who explores cata combs, excavations, wells, and damp and miry subterraneous vaults ; but we would rather that, amid such labours, he would think less• and ec cupy fewer pages with the historians, chroniclers, and travellers who have written respecting Si cily from the earliest times. We have not read all their works, and, perhaps, never shall, as we are disposed to believe that the narrative of M. de Gourbillon is as correct and complete as the bold and decisive tone of the. Author leads us to presume. It is in this sense that a descriptive journey seems to us preferable to a critical jour ney. What should we say of an Historian who should suspend at every instant the interest of his narration to point Out to us the mistakes of authors who have written on the same-subject ? And, again, if none of the travellers who visited Sicily before our Author are to be relied on, how are we to know that M. de Gourbillon is entitled to more credit ? Are we to undertake, in our turn, a journey to Sicily, to ascertain on whom we are to depend for an accurate account of the circumference of Mount Etna, of the ruins of Agrigentum and Segesta, or of the chaste amours of the nymph Arethusa ; and must we, in short, with the compass, the barometer, and the men.: sure in our, hands, follow the steps of M. de Gotir billon with . the same minuteness as he. has traced the steps of Borch_and Brydone. The Author might ,have, easily avoided this fault if he had extracted from his journal, from his first notes,- the relation which he ha,s just pub lished. But it is evident enough that .he has placed these same notes before us ; he gives us sketches taken from nature the origi nal trait is . preserved, but so are also their want of arrangement, their incorrectness and repetitions. M. de. Gourbillon always car ried with him the books whiCh should have served him as guides and instructors ; but the errors he met in them led. him astray, and their exaggerations irritated him ; he corrected them, no doubt, under the influence of passion, in his daily notes ; and to these causes must be attributed the numerous reproofs and admonitions given to Biscart, Ortolani, the Pere Massa, the Pere Pancrazzio, the Canon Recu. pero,, Pliny, Diodorus Siculus himself, and es pecially to the unfortunate Borch and Brydone, from whom, by the way, he makes no scruple of borrowing whole pages and chapters. All this is not at all amusing to the reader. Endowed with uncommon vigour and persever ance, M. de Gourbillon, however, has observed, seen, and described every thing. No traveller has made more observations respecting Palermo, Messina, Catana, and Drepanum ; respecting the antiquities of Orthygia, Acradinum, Neapolis, and Agrigentum ; and relative to the four or five different kinds of earthquakes known in Sicily, and the seventy-six Etnean eruptions men tioned in history. But our critical traveller is not easily warmed into extacies ; and though the Bucolic poets have represented the fieldi of Sicily as treasures of fertility, verdure, shade, and freshness, though some geographers have dwelt in still stronger colours on these agreeable descriptions, yet M. de Gourbillon mercilessly destroys these illusions. Sicily, ,according to this traveller, presents to the eye only barren heaths, lands either calcareous, scorched, or rocky, horrible precipices, immense caverns, mountains torn by torrents or overthrown by earthquakes,and in all parts lava, cinders, scoriae, and images of destruction and death : no high roads, no forests, no shade or shelter ; scarcely can you perceive here and there a few vallies less arid, where the fig or the olive, the orange and date reach maturity. The celebrated vale of Enna, the banks of the Anapis and those of the Cyana, the waters of which, according to the course of the Moon's phases, increase and decrease with her, deserve, however, an honour-. able exception. If from the physical we pass to the moral order, Sicily is, without exception, the worst abode of misery. The people are wretched and clownish, the nobility full of hatred and jea lousy, the government stupid and venal, and the clergy more oppressive, avaricious, intolerant, and disproportionately more numerous than in any other country of the globe. It is true that M. de Gourbillon appears ill disposed to do justice to the latter classes ; therefore, if we wish to form just ideas of the manners, habits and customs of the Sicilians, and the degree of prosperity they enjoy, we should prefer consulting Borch and Brydone, and even the historian Fazello, to the new traveller. The truly interesting part of this book is the description of Mount Etna, of that ignivomous colossus, by the side of which•, according to the expression of Spallanzani, Vesuvius Is only a cabinet volcano. But to procure for us the plea sure of knowing what is going on at the bottom of the crater, M. de Gourbilion should have shared the fate of Empedocles ; and it is impossible to say whether the volcano which returned the san- dais of the philosopher would have restored to us any thing belonging to M. de Gourbillon. This perilous part of his expedition seems to have somewhat confused the intellects of our traveller, as there is no other way of accounting for the errors and exaggerations of such a severe critic. Is it credible, for instance, that he could•not find a map at Palermo, or a bottle of ink at Ca tana ? and can you imagine that he should hate committed such an _egregious blunder as tO reckon Pindar among the Sicilian poets ? Is it possible that M. de Gourbilion should have such piercing eyes as the Greek who, from Cape Lilybeeus, saw and counted the vessels which were leaving the port of Carthage, at the dis tance of eighty-five leagues; is it possible, I say, that M. de Gourbillon could see the bottom of .he sea five hundred feet below the surface of the water ? These, however, are minor faults; but it is quite inexcusable in a critic, Who possesses originality and intelligence, to write incorrectly, and to make use of vulgarisms. Before we take • our leave of the . author we should inform our readers that M. de Gourbillou is a poet, has translated Dante, and gives several specimens of his own translation in various parts of his Critical Journey : and in conclusion we , would just beg to remind M. de Gourbillon that Comber and monter were never yet known.tn rhyme. ANECDOTE.—A gentleman, just returned from Ireland, informs us of the following enthusiastic trait in the Irish character :—He was walking over one of the bridges at Dublin, when he was saluted with "'Arrah, my honey, where are you going to without clanint your shoes ? What do you think the King will say if the brig be not kept dune . 2 Will he not say what dirty craters these Irish be, not to have a elahe brig. - Come back, honey, and scrape your Shoes." The gen tleman-found it wasa fact tliat - all were to—uh . -- dergo the same ceremony, and of otirce 'epfnplied with Paddy's' request. • ' PRICi- SEVENPENCi.. TH-E KING'S P.UBI,TO J T Y • • INTO- DUBLIN. .• - • (F 4 BOX TIIE DUBLIN CORRESPONDENT, Aim. 17.) Received this Morning. . ' DUBLIN, AUG. 17.—Ris MAJESTY . this day entered the City by the route described in n former Number. - He was accompanied by the personages, and received with th e c eremon i als which had been previously: arranged; but it is impossible - to convey, in language, an idea of the feelings of veneration, of love, of enthusiasm, with which thiS Patriot Monarch was greeted by his loyal and truly attached Irish subjects. The page of history ., presents no parallel—the fiction of poetry affords no passage sufficiently strong to .represent the scene exhibited this day.—Tye sen-. swims experienced by the thousands who took a part in the proceedings, was joy, unmixed, and of the purest - character—felt by all, but impose sible to be described. At so 'early an hour as six o'clock, the streets exhibited a bustle, and carriages, horsemen, and pedestrians were seen thronging to the situations prescribed for them. At eight o'clock, several of the Deputies, the Members of the different parishes, and some of the trades, had ttssembkd —and at nine, the streets presented a scen e never perhaps equall e d i n any - city' of Europe. The. carriages of the Nobility, Great Officers' of State, and the Gentry, who were to take a part in the procession to meet his Majesty, were seen driving to their respective stations, filled with the high personages of the country in full dress,the servants in new and splendid liveries, and the horses decked out in gay and- gaudy trappings, intermixed with a profusion of blue ribbands, the colour agreed to be worn in honour of his Majesty. From eight to nine o'clock the scene was enlivened by the appearance of ele gantly dressed females proceeding along the line of procession to take .possession of the seats so much in request for the last week, and secured at such labour and expence. ByMine o'clock .. "-----: Stalls, bulks, windows Were smothered up, leads MEd, and ridges licrazd With various complexions ; all agreeing In earnestness to see him." -- A procession passed through Dame-street at this hour, towards IVlountjoy-square fi cm Back lane, which excited universal admiration. It was composed of the Silk, Ribbon, Stuff,and Tabinet Weavers, preceded by a.band of music, and each man dressed or ornamented with the fabric of his trade, and carrying a small flag. - Amongst the several Bodies which took a part in the proceedings, there was not one which felt or exhibited n , -ere unfeigned manifestations of joy and gratitude than this—the former .they felt in common with every class of their fellow countrymen—the latter they owed to their grae cious Monarch, : who, by his presence and coat.. mends, has revived their trade, and placed them in comparative independence. There will ,not, during his Majesty's gracious sojourn among.us, we are persuaded, be any offering presented, more acceptable to him than that brought by the group we are describing, to gr ee t hi m on his en trance into the city of Dublin--the offering of grateful and happy hearts. At eleven o'clock, the Lord Mayor, in his "state coach,, drawn by, six . beautiful horses, and accompanied by the Board of Aldermen, Re corder, Sheriffs, and Common Council in full dress, and. robes of . the most magnificent descrip.. tion, left the Mansion House in state, to take up their position within the barrier erected at Ca vendish-row. His Lordship.and the Corporation were hailed as they passed .by, with the most friendly and cordial greetings. All the streets through which the Procession was to pass, .exhibited.a striking and .novel ap pearance —stages tastefully ornamented, and bal conies festooned and adorned with laurel,...were erected' in different parts, wherever. an opportu nityafforded. 'lags.and streamers, floated from the roofs of the private,houses,and . puhlic huild ings. .Sackville-street was peculiarly splendid. In the front of the . Post-office a . gallery was erected covered with crimson,. cloth, and. hung With wreaths of• laurel ; but were we to de scribe all the individual demonstrations eXhie bited upon this truly happy occasion, ,we should far exceed .our . limits, to the exclu sion of an account of the Procession itself, which,, at , great. labour,. we are . enabled to give in this evening's publication in detail ; We must therefore content ourselves with describing such as were most strikingly conspicuous.. Frorn the lofty semmit of Nelson's Pillar the .Royal Standard was displayed, proudly floating in;the wind ; and 'the baleony, exhibited a ,numerous assemblage of spectators, anxious, even from that immense. height,, to view the entry of their heloved.Soye_reign, and join the universal voice of ,triumoh, and congratulation.. .The_ Hume sons craft in the river were ornamented with flags and streamers, and evinced by, the gaiety of their appearance ,the participation of their crews in the.general jay. ,Froro in Sackville-street, awreath of laurel festooned was extended to the ; opposite side , of. the street, supporting a , banner hearing the, inscrip tion—" God save the . I hug, ,England's. glory." • A similar wreath was exhibited in Dame-street, extending from the Kir)g's Stationer's to Sh er iff Brady's. Four fla gs were _displayed. from the summit of the ,steeple of .St. George's Church with aq effect particularly _beautiful, The .bal.. conies throughout the. line, of the Procession were filled with . elegantly dressed females at an early hour, the heaut.y..of whose _appearance gave no small addlOon to,thp splendid scene. THE CASTLE. .At 'ten 'O'clock, th e Officers-at-Arms h aving 'previously marshalled 'file different public bodies, , private individuals, the ... procession set out 'arid