The Sun. — London, England, 1821-12-13 00:00:00

THE ARTS. Sir TuolisAs LAWRENCE has recently finished a whole length Portrait of his MAJESTY, in his robes of State, and we cannot pay a higher com pliment -to its merit than to say that it is worthy of the hand of the admirable Artist. The like ness is exact, and there is a striking expression of dignity and penetration hi the countenance. Th e whole is a grand and impressive work, abounding with all the excellences of the Art that Portraiture will allow.. The Artist has made a fine copy of this Picture himself, and both are so admirable -as not to admit.of any preference. The .same ..well-merited praise is due to a fine whole-length of our late venerable SOVEREIGN,. who appears in . all the grandeur of Royalty. Sir THOMAS has also finished a half length of the Duke of YORK, which is the very best in point of similitude and spirit that has yet been seen of his Royal Highness. He, has made a very animated portrait of the Earl of LivEarooL, which, when finished, will' be ranked with the best of his works. The gieat poetical ornament of Scotland, Sir WALTER Scorr, has just been sitting to this artist. The head only is finished at present, and. it. displays a face of peculiar intelligence and animation. The whOle length portrait of : the late President . of the ' Royal Acaderny graces the • ro oms of this great Artist; and . in fidelity of re semblance, -,unaffected dignity, expression, and general excellence, may fairly be numbered with the highest atchievments of the art, at any Period of its celebrity. • ROYAL ACADEMY. . The following is the ,bulk of the Lecture that Sir T. LAWRUNCE diAivered on the 10th, but which concluded too late for insertion the next GEN T L E mEN —I congratulate you upon the decided improve ment of one of the Schools of Art (the Life Academy), and the general alacrity displayed in all. A spirit of emulation, so useful in all professions, is most particularly essential to the Perfection of Our art. I caution you, Gentlemen, against too gnat a reliance upon that genius, with which nature has gifted Yon- It is by perseverance alone, and not• by natural talent, th a t you will be able to surmount the difficulties of art—those difiigulties, which enhance and give superiority to our profession over all °them. While I congratulate you that the Life Aca demy has this year retrieved its' character, I cannot omit still to enforce the necessity of a constant attention to correctness and parity of drawing, and this; too, in the most minute and appa rently insignificant parts; at well as in the general contour of the whole. The works of antiquity should never be absent form your memories. Let no one depend upon the correctness of his eye for fidelity of tepreqentation, Without having first formed his idea of beauty from these—for a knowledge of beauty is essential to that of truth. The Gentlemen whO are candidates in. Historical Painting Would advise, when inventing their compositions, not to be led away by an attention only to a play of line, and an harmonious adjustment of parts, but to let truth, nature, and simplicity, be their guide. It is well known that the happiness of life is often Lit by inattention to known and vulgar truths ; and in the same manner are the beauties of art missed, by overlooking those .airuple and affecting incidSnts,, which nature presents to us every day. When inventing, Gentlemen, I would advise you ": 14 t to follow this or that great master, but to consider your B illaject as it would have taken place in reality—rendering every thing subordinate to expression, for it is by expression alone we can touch the heart, "He who would make us Must feel himself," says a -high authority ; and the experience of every day justifies the truth of the assertion. I would re commend to you, to Make it your constant pursuit, every day and hour of your lives, ever to concentrate your thoughts to wards that point--for whatever tends to fix and concentrate our thoughts, elevates' us as thinking beings. Leonardo da Vinci, • Raphael, Dominichino, and Rembrandt, are the four greatest masters of expression and form. From two sketches of these (in existence) it is evident that they made- expression the Primary and constant object of their studies. The first designs of Leonardo, for all his works (excepting those upon fortification and the mathematics) are all highly finished drawings of expressions ; for the characters and expres.: signs in his large picture of " the Last Supper," he appears al: his life time to have been searching through nature. Raphae • seemed to have formed in his mind the whole of his intended 'work before putting a line upon paper, and all was regulated by expression. Dominichino thought no line worthy of the Painter, that the mind did not draw before the hand. The port folio of Rembrandt is like the page of Shakspeare : every drawing is itself a drama:—the passions speak for themselves. Composition, colour, arrangement of light and shade, all are lost in the power of expression. It is this, and this alone, that entitles our works to situations in the galleries of Monarchs, ind by the side of the great of hrts of genius of different ages. A CURIOUS MEDAL has lately been offered in Inverness, by a poor man, as a penny, the de- Scription of which may entertain 'some of our readers. It is about the size and thickness of a Penny. Ott one side is the Pope's head, with the triple . crown, • which, reversed, displays - .the bead of the devil—motto, " Ecclesia peruersa tenet faciem Diaboli ;" on the other side is . a Cardinal's head, with hood and hat ; reversed, this gives the head of a fool, with cap and bells—motto,! " Stulti aliquando sapientes," or, " Sapientes stulti aliquando," as the legend may be read.* The.execution of the piece upon which the headS are stamped is ancient, and uneven round the edges; but the heads are extremely well execut ed, in high and well rounded relief, and display, in the four faces of the Poen and Cardinal, and, itt the folly of the fool, much spirit of caricature. :The piece is probably of the period of some re ligious ferment, such as the Reformation or Re volution ; perhaps it is foreign, and it is certainly Uncommon. .'Though corroded and worn a little, it is in good preservation.—(lnverdess Journal.) , • "Sapientes stulti aliquando" is the reaflino,• ' , when the Car ttinal's head is on the top—" Stulti aliquando sapientes," when 'the fool's -head - is uppermost, which makes a double meaning, • At for both cases. • ST. ANp-REW'S DA - v.—This festival was ob served at Birmingham by the Scots Greys sta tioned at the Barracks. One of the men, ap propriately attired as St. Andrew, was paraded on horseback through the principal streets, at tended by the full Band of the Regiment. = The Soldiers were afterwards regaled by their Officers. ga,' , r - 1-. „ ksi ... 2 ,4 Wc.,..' 2.. _,-- iti• , -•/ „) e, v. ......,,,, 4 ...1... 0 ~ ~.. .... (,, _ ..i.,,,,.. .z .... ' 1 l vi , ‘ ( 4 . .i. 0 ,1..( t . •, vi ---- ', ' ni,k T ER o y -.:„...,).. t ipt __ ---,,,,, pi '., / v 0 i 1 C*,, 4. FA sin oIi:ABLE ARRIVALS.— Lord Sandon, at the Earl of Har rowhy's, in Grosvenor-square,.. from Paris ; Colonel and Mrs. Harcourt, in Green , street, Park-lane ; Mr. : Hoblyn, in Sloane street; Dowager Duchess of Leeds, in . Lower. Grosvenor , .street; Mr. HyltonJolliffe; in • Jermyn-street, St, James's ; Mr. an d Mrs. Clive Scott, in Curzon-street, May-fair : Lady. Elizabeth Tufton; in Cumberland-place; Lord Boyle,. at the. London Hotel ; Dowager MarChioness of Donegall, in Davis-street, Berkeley-square, from Brighton ; General Wallace, from a tour ; the Marquess of Northampton, in town ; Lord and Lady Ravensworth, in Portland-place, from Ravensworth Castle, Durham; Mr. Lambton,..M.P. in .Cleveland-row. DE P ART I/RES.—The Marchioness of .Buckingham, for Avington, Han 4;, Sir J. E. Harrington, Bart. for Bogner Lodge, Sussex ;Sir. Corbett Corbett and Lady Corbett, from Thomas's Hotel, for Cheshire ; Lady Shelley, from ditto, on a visit to the Duke and. Duchess of, Bedford, at Woburn Abbey ; the Hon. Mr. Moore and Mr. Barton, from Brighton ; Coun tess of Normanton, for Ditchley Park, • CHANGES.—The Hon. A. Pelham,. for Brocklesby, in Lincolnshire, from a tour ;. General Layard, for Exeter, from a tour; Sir William and Lady.Johnstone, for Bath, from Cheltenham- - - . • EDINBURGH, DEC. 10.—Arrived at the Royal Hotels the. Right Hon. Lord Archibald Pamilton, M.P. ; the Right Hon. Viscount Kelburne ; Lieut.-Colonel Thackery ; Capt. Doug. las ; James Johnston, Esq.—Set oft from the same place, Geo. Fullerton Carnegie, Esq.; Robt. Baird, Esq., of Newbyth ; the Hon. Capt. Gordon. MARRIAGE IN limn LIFE.--i-By special license, on Mon day evening last, at the mansion of the Right Hon. Lord STEWART, at Wynyard, by the Right lion. and Rev. Lord Viscount BARRINGTON, Sir HENRY HARDINGE, K.C.8., and one of the Representatives of the City of Durham, to Lady EMILY-JANE JAMES, sister of the Most Noble the Marquess of LONDONDERRY. — An elegant entertainment succeeded the hymeneal ceremony, which was partaken of by a large party, in_ eluding several personages of distinction. Sir HENRY and his amiable Bride spend, the honey-moon at Biddick, a seat recently purchased by Lord STEWART. The Duke of. York, after driving about the town in a cabri olet during the morning, left town yesterday in a chaise and four on a tour. The Duke of Gloucester is expected to-morrow at Earl Craven's seat, Hampstead Lodge, Berks, on a shootingparty. Yesterday afternoon his Highness Prince Esterhazy arrived at Chandos House, from Strathfieldsay, the seat of the Duke. of Wellington, where his Highness has been on a visit with a distinguished party, enjoying the sports of the field. Viscount andViscountessGranville are returned to the Mar quis of Stafford's seat, Trentham Hall,irom a visit to the Earl and Countess of Harrowby, at their seat, Tandon Hall. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford have invited the. neighbouring Nobility and Gentry to Trentham Hall during the holidays. Lord Burghersh returns to Florence at the end of the present . month. The Marquess and Marchioness of Camden are, at the Wil derness, Kent, where it is expected they will pass the holidays. The last accounts from Warwick Castle state the health of the Countess of Warwick to be improving. The Vice-Chancellor had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in South-street, Park-lane. Mr. John Drummond gave his first dinner party yesterday, at his house in Charles -street, Berkeley-square. The Earl of Yarmouth entertained a party to dinner.yester day, in Seymour-place. ALTERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN WEST MINSTER ABBEY. The Public will learn with pleasure that the interior of Westminster Abbey, and the venerable monuments which it encloses, are now undergoing/a thorough repair, in pursuance of a late resolution of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey. On Monday and yesterday near a hun dred workmen, stone-masons, bricklayeri, painters, carpen ters, sculptors, &c. were engaged to carry the resolution of the, Dean and Chapter into effect, under the able direction and. superintendence of Mr. Chantrey, Mr. Theckstone, and other artists of acknowledged talent. Messrs. Glanville and Radcliffe have the superintendance of some of the works. The alterations in the choir will be very considerable. Yesterday the cleaning and restoring of several cf the monuments were completed. A number of men are, during the day, drawn up by pulleys, in baskets, to the roof of the Abbey, for the purpose of cleaning, repairing, and painting the ceiling. The whole of the iron rail ings which were erected round the various monuments have been removed. They were so much decayed and broken (being made of wrought iron, which so rapidly decomposes) that they gave a most miserable appearance to this otherwise grand and beautiful mausoleum. There will not be any railings again erected ; but persons will always attend visiters, and preven them from injuring the works. The windows have all been cleaned and repaired, and the different wood work re-gilt. The grand organ has been repaired and new varnished, and the pipes have been new gilded.—The expense of these improve ments will amount io several thousand pounds, and is to be defrayed out of the funds of the Dean and Chapter. FUNERAL SERVICE OF NAPOLEON.—A part of the Citizens of New Orleans are about publicly to testify their sentiments on the occasion of the decease of that extraordinary man, the late Em peror of the French, as it appears by the follow ing translated • extract from L'Aini des Lois, of New Orleans, Oct. 15:— " Whilst ungenerous enemies insult the name of NAPOLEON 'in his ancient Capital, and in view of the.monuments of Auster-. litz and-Jena they dare endeavour to dim the lustre of his glory, a great number of respectable citizens of this city propose to ce-. lebrate, by a solemn Service, the memory of the greatest of men. " When FRANKLIN died he was praised by MIRAREAIT in an eloquent discourse, and the National Assembly put on mourning for three days. The death of WASHINGTON was also honoured by the regrets of France, then governed by NapoLEOI•Z, and his funeral oration'was pronounced by one of her greatest orators. It is then natural that . the fellow-citizens of FRANKLIN and WASHINGTON should, in their turn, render to the heroes of France the honours which France paid to their illustrious compatriots. " All persons disposed to honour unfortunate courage, and to tender homage to genius, French or American, are therefore requested to meet' to4norrow, at five o'clock in the afternoon, in the Hall of Orleans, to consult on the means of giving to this finleral ceremony all the solemnity which the greatness of the subject requires." The Duke of BUCKINGHAM was the first who ventured on six horses, which created at the time great scandal, and was looked upon at the time as a proof of the " mastering spirit " of the fa vourite. " The stout Earl of NORTHUMBER LAND," who had been in the Tower ever since the Gunpowder Plot, 44 when he got loose, thought, if , BUCKINGHAM had six, he might have eight in his .coach, with which he rode through the City of London, .to the vulgar talk and ad miration." POETRY. PALESTINE. - • 'Reft of thy Sons, amid thy foei forlorn, Mourn, widow'd Queen, forgottettSion, mourn ; Is this thy . place, Sad City, this thy Throne, Where the wild desart rears - its craggy stone While suns unblest their angry lustre fling, And ,way-worn pilgrims seek the scanty spring ; 'Where now thy pomp which Kings with envy yiew'd Where now thy might which all these Kings subdued ?, No martial myriads muster at thy gate, No suppliant Nations at thy Temple wait . , No prophet Bards, thy glitt'ring courts among Wake the full lyre and swell the tide of song ; But lawless might and meagre want are there And the quick darting eye of restless fear ; While cold oblivion, 'mid thy ruins laid, Folds his dark wing beneath the ivy shade. Ye guardian Saints, ye warrior Sons of Ireav'n To whose high care Judea's state was giv'n, 0 ! wont of old your nightly watch to keep, A host of Gods on Sion's tow'ring steep, If e'er your secret footsteps linger still By Siloa's fount or Tabor's echoing hill'; If e'er your songS on Salem's glory dwell, And mourn the captur'd land you lov'd so well ; (For oft 'tis said in Kedron's palmy vale, Mysterious harpings swell the midnight gale, And blest as balmy dews that Hermon cheer, 'l‘lelt in soft cadence on the pilgrim's ear ;) 'Forgive; blest Spirit, if a theme so high Mock the weak notes of mortal minstrelsy ! Yet might your aid this anxious breast inspire With one faint spark of Milton's hallow'd fire, Then should my muse ascend with bolder !fight, And wave her eagle wing exulting in the light. O happy once in Heaven's peculiar cove, Delight of men below, and saints above, Thro' Salem, now the Spoiler's ruffian hand, Has loos'd his hell-hounds o'er thy wasted land; - Tho' weak and whelm'd beneath the storms of fate, Thy home is left unto thee desolate; Tho' thy proud stones in cumbrous ruin fall, And heaps of sand o'er top thy mould'ring Yet shall the Muse to Fanby's ardent view, Each shadowin , r trace of faded pomp renew ; And as the Seer on Pisgah's topmast brow, With glist'ning eye beheld the plain below, With prescient ardour drank the sacred gale, And bade the op'ning glades of Canaan hail ; Her eagle eye shall scan the prospect. wide From Carmel's cliffs to Almotana's tide, The flinty waste, the cedar tufted hill, The liquid heath of smooth Ardeni's rill, The grot whereby the watcliflres' evening blaze, The robber riots or the hermit prays, Or, when the tempest rives the hoary stone, The wintry top of Giant Lebanon. Fierce,. hardy, proud, in conscious freedom bold, Those stormy seats the warrior Druses hold ; From Norman blood their lofty line they trace, Their lion-coUrage proves their gen'rous They, only they, while all around them kneel In sullen homage to the Thracian-steel; Teach their pale Despot's waningmoon to fear The patriot terrors of the mountain spear. Yes, valourons Chiefs, while yet your sabres shine, .The native guards of - hononeil Palestine, 0 ! ever thus, by no vain boast dismay'd,' Defend the birth-right of the - cedar shade ! What, tho' no more for you the conscious gale Swells the white bosom of the Tyrian sail ; Tho' now no more your glittering marts unfold Sidonian dyes, and Lusitanian gold, Tho' not for you the pale and sickly slave Forgets the light in Ophir's wealthy cave, Yet, yours the lot, in proud contentment blest, While cheerful labour leads to tranquil rest. No robber-rage the ripening harvest knows, And unrestram'd the generous vintage flows : Nor.less your sons to manliest deeds aspire, And Asia's mountains glow with Spartan fire. So when deep sinking in the rosy main, The Western Sun forsakes the Syrian plain, His watery rays refracted lustre shed, And pour the latest light on Cannel's head. Yet shines your praise amid surrounding gloom, As the lone lamp that quivers o'er the tomb For few the souls that spurn the tyrants' chain, And small the bounds of freedom's scanty reign. As the poor outcast in the cheerless wild, Arabian's parent clasped her fainting child, And wander'd near the roof no more her home, - Forbid to linger, yet refrain'd to roam, My roaming fancy quits the happier height, And southward throws her half-averted light. For sad the scenes Judea's plainS disclose, A dreary waste of undistinguish'd woes ; See War untired his crimson pinions spread And foul Revenge that tramples on the dead. Lo ' where from far the guarded fountains shine Thy tents, Nebaioth, rise, and Kedar, thine ! 'Tis your's the boast to mark the stranger's way, And spur your. chargers head-long on the prey, Or rouse your nightly number from afar . And o'er the hamlets pour the waste of war ; Nor spare the hoary head, nor bid your eye ReVere the sacred smile of infancy. . Such now the clans whose fiery courser% feed Where waves on Kishon's bank the whisp'ring reed, And their's the soil where curling to the skies Smokes on Gerizim's mount, Samaria's sacrifice. While Jsrael`x sons, by scorpion curses driven, Outcasts of Earth and reprobates of Heaven ; . • Through the wide world in hopeless exile stray, Remorse and shame sole comrades of their way, .•. • 10clumb despair their CountrY's wrongs behold, And dead to glory, only burn forgold. Qh thou their guide, theirlather and their Lord, "Lord for thy mercies, far iffy - power adored ! . If at thy name the waves forget their force, `And relluent Jordan sought its trembling source. 4f at thy name like - sheep the mountains fled, And haughty Sion bow'd its marble head. ,To Israel's woes a pitying ear incline, And raise from earth thy long neglected vine.; Her rifled fruits behold the heathen hear, And wild Wood bears her mangled clusters tear. • Vas it for this she stretched her purpled reign, From far Euphrates to the distant main ? For this o'er many a bill her boughs she threw, And her wide arms like goodly Cedars grew. For this proud Edom slept beneath her shade, And o'er the Arabian deep her branches play'd. O feeble boast of transitory poWer, Vain fruitless trust of Judah's happier hour. . Not such their, hope when through the parted main, The cloudy, wonder led the warrior train. . Not such their hope when through the fields of night, The lamp of Heaven diffus'd its friendly Not when tierce conquest ured the onward war, And hurl'd stern Canaan from his haughty car. Nor when five Monarchs led to Gibeon's fight, In rude array, the harmless Arnorite. Yes—in that hour by . mortal accents stay'd, The ling'ring Sun his fiery_ wheels delay'd. The moon obedient trembled at the sound,- Curb'd her pale car, and cbeck'd her mazy round ! Let Sinai tell—for he beheld his might, And God's own darkness veil'd her conscious height. He cherub home upon the whirlwind rode, And the red mountain like a furnace glow'd. Let Sinai tell—but who shall dare recite, His praise his power eternal, infinite ? Awe-struck I cease, nor bid my strains aspire, Nor serve his altar with unhallow'd fire. (To be coacluded.) GREAT PUGILISTIC BATTLE. GRAND 'TOURNAMENT BETWEEN NEATE, THE BRIS- TOL MAN, AND THE' CELEBRATED HICKMAN, COMMONLY CALLED GAS, FOR TWO lIUUDRED GUINEAS ASIDE. This great battle was for the honorary title. of " Champion of England." It , took place . 65 miles. from Londonicon the Downs On one side of Hungerford, Berlss, on the.vergecrf Hants and Wilts. - The pugilistic informant. calculates the assemblage of persons present at twenty-five thousand, hundreds of whom had a mere limited sight of the ,ring. Newbury, was• all bustle on Monday, and' many who left their dOwny dabs, were content with repose in a hay-loft. The backer of Gas sported a new yellow bounder upon this occasion ; his entry into Newbury, with his favourite man, was hailed with acclama tions, and the Teneriffe was put about for Sherry in gallons. Even the populous town` of Readint , was full ; the cavalcade on the road presentea a scene quite new to the natives. - The Coinnzis sary,in the wriggling drag, wedged - in with the ropes, and stakes, left ( Newbury on Monday af ternoon, after taking a drain of blur ruin, with a stiell pall, and the tvunty-four feet square was roped in good style. At twelve -o'clock, the Commanfier-in-Chici,,of all- the 'milling forces ar rived ; his entree into the ring was- hailed with enthusiasm. The ring was .admirably kept, and -good order prevailed on all 'sides. Neate enter ed first with Belcher. Gas followed soon after wards with his backer, and both - set to at peeling. The seconds were Belcher and Harmer for their countryman, and Sprinc , end' Shelton for Gas. Betting was even, but Neate for choice. Ile was up to the mark at 14 stone ; 'Gas was about 12 stone. When stripped the di'sparagement in size was apparent. They. 'shook hands together on their first meeting. THE BATTLE. Round - 1. Not a voice was heard whilst the men were in at titude. Gas made the first play and was returned upon. Some blows were exchanged, but both were too eager. Gas was thrown. '. 2. Neate placed a counter hit upon his adversary's throat, and the right hand of Gas told upon the body. Both fell from a struggle, to the advantage of Gas. 3. A game. fighting round, - and many blows were exchanged rather in favour of Gas ; he placed his favourite right-handed hit upon the throat, and Neate seemed rather abrOad, but both stood to each other like real bred ones, and Neate was under in the fall-5 and 6 to 4 on Gas. • 4. A terrible fighting round. Gas making play, received a tremendous counter hit with the left hand upon the eye, which chanceried• the, head, and caused . a sort of paralytic affection. • Gas seemed to disregard it, and fought very manfully, hut his adversary out-fought him, and set the claret flying in all direr , dons. Gas received another left-handed facer on the mouth; • which nearly dropped him, but his goodness refused trifles, and he was at length thrown against his will. • 5.• Gas was cleanly floored at going in, and making play-2 to lon Neate. • ' • 6. This. was in favour of Neate, and it was evident, togood judges, that the tremendous rush of Gas, whit h had put his for- - mer . adversaries to ibroe, would not be received by Neate.— After a manly rally, Neate was under in the fall. 7. Neate plrced hits very heavy left and right upon the con tdsed eye of his adversary, and also under the log. Gas had - all the worst of the round, and he was floored by a left-handed facer-5 to 2on Neate. 8. Gas was much! distressed from the hitting he got in the last round, but undismayed, he turned to at his work, and -threw his. adversary in a struggle. 9., Neate, taking the advantage of his lead. flew in upon the out and out system, and having missed his hit, Gas floored him with the right hand. 0.. Gas bled profusely from the eye,which was nearly closed, and . Neate dropped him, by nearly staving in his breast bone -4 to't on Neate. ". • • - U. Gas was in great distress from severe hits received, and Neate was piping too. Neate was dropped in a rally by a right handed body blow. 12: A manly fighting round, and Gas had none the worst of it ; but he was thrown. 13. Gas was bit cleanly down with the left hand, and barring an accident, he had no chance-of winning. •It was not more than two to one that he did not come again. 14. Neate was very tired, and Gas spewed goodness in an ex traordinary manner, by hard fighting ; and in falling, Neate was under. 15. Neate hit his adversary down by another blow over the Contused eye, and it was all up. 16. This was the last effort of Gas, whose lion heart was yet unsubdued. He placed several blows, and at last he fell, na ture having turned. him up. 17 and 18. In these rounds Gas stood up to be slaughtered, • for had Neate been exercising his calling as a butcher, be- could not have served a west,country heifer worse. Gas was sense less to the call of time, after having been, knocked down in the 13th round, and Neate was, declared the victor without lOsing blood. Gas should have been taken away in the lath round. REMARKS.—Thus was the invulnerability.of .Gas put on one side in twenty four minutes and a few seconds, and now the cognoscenti begin to find out that 14 stone must win with 'l2 stone at equal fighting. Neate proved himself decidedly the best boxer of the two, and he aid his .business chiefly with his left hand, measuring his distance like an able tactician: Gas could not get at him, as Neate was always ready to make cairn- , ter-bits with him. Neate is the hardest hitter our informant has seen in the ring, and the nursery of Bristol never produced a more formidable boxer. Gas showed himself one of the best of game, and is miserably punished. The tight between Josh. Iludson and the Suffolk Champion did not take, place. The stake was drawn. ACCIDENT.—A part of the building intended for the Office of the Duchy of Lancaster fell in last night, caused, as we understand, by the beams, formed of cast-iron, having been over loaded. We are glad to state .that no injury was sustained. ADVENTURES OF A COUNTRY CONSTABLE IN LONDON.—A warrant,,of bastardy having been granted to the overseers. of, a parish about 100 miles from London, against a young man who had absconded, the gentlemen of the parish de puted an individual, whom they considered to be the sharpest of their constables, to proceed to London in order to t xecute it, and for this purpose 201. was granted him to pay his expel). ces. This the vigilant officer concealed snugly in his pocket-book, together with his warrant, and putting it in his breast-pocket, he arrived in London on Tuesday last for the first time in his life. 'On his arrival, above all places, he sought Charles-street, Drury-lane, to take up his quarters, having heard that the ob ject of his mission was a resident in that direction. He went into the Coach and Horses, and there sat down with some gentlemen, who, with all the dexterity of versed thieves, contrived to cut out the pocket-book from his coat unknown to him, whilst he was intent in conversation. He at length discovered, his loss and immediately quitted the place in search of a man whom he suspected, he having left the house. He thoughtlessly left his great coat behind -him, and that was also taken off during his absence. The enraged officer instantly proceeded to Queen-square office, in order to ascertain whether they could grant him a fresh warrant to apprehend the man he had come after, that likewise being stolen., lie was re fused a warrant, and was advised to go back to his own parish for one, which he was compelled - to do. THE ARMY. Dt.M.IN, DEC. 10.,,,T110 20th regitneut arrived on Friday, from' England,;, the men were along lime on shipboard, owing to the Severe weather. On Wednesday last,. twenty-eight non-com missioned officers: and private* of the Royal Ar tillery, tinder the command of Lieutenant COT TON, arrived in Limerick from Ballincollig, to replace a like number 'that marched from that city the same morning, under the. command of Lieutenant BOULBY, for Dublin. Major M`DONAin; C. 8., commanding the troop of Royal Horse Artillery; stationed in Li merick .Garrison, has now the aim:land of the Royal Artillery, in the Lower Shannon District. The 84th regiment is hourly expected from England, the transports conveying them having been spoken with off the Lizard. •• • MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. DEAL DEC, ] 2.—Wind S.S.W.--X athe down from • the River the Denmark Hill, Foreman,: fot 'Van' Dicman's--Land and New South Wales.; Etho,•uinder; for Jamaica ; ArurAle, White, for. Grenada ; Richar4ThoniaS,:for Belfast; and Wd liam Fair Lie, Smith, for India and China. They remain with the David Scott East Indianian. INinTsmbt - ru, DEC. 12.—Wind S.S.E.—ATrived his Ma jesty's skip `Pioneer, , from Sheerness ; John, Popplewell, from London fwMadeira, &c. ; and James Laing, King, tioni•Lon don for Jamaica. • _ _ - _ ' - „tßtvieir, DE c.. 12.—Arrived the Vansittart, Leicester, and Castlereagh packets, with mails, from Cuxhaven. &died the .14rd .Nelson packet for Cuxhaven ; and Jane, ditto, for Gottenburgii, each with mail. PENZANCE, Dre. 10.—Arrived the Felicidade, Martin, frcim Faro for London, in distress, windlais broke, and cargo said. to be shifted. LYntiNcrrON, DEc. 12.—Arrived his Majesty!s ship Icarus, from PortSmonth for .lamaica. - . ST. IVERS, DEC. 10.—Arrived , the' Union, Good, from Waterford. for Plynicutli.; - and Eliza Ann, Davies, from Y:oughall for Southampton, both leaky. PLY3IOUTIT, DEC. 11.--Wind S.E.--Sailed the New Volunteer, Dwarris, for Cork and Jamaica. FALMUUTII, DEC. 11.—Wind—A calm.—Arrived the fol 16wing outward-bound from London :—Percy and Juno, for Jamaica ; Miralles, for St. Vincent's ; Ealing Grove, for Domi nica; Garland, for the Cape; and Cyrene, for Trieste. RYE, DEC. 9.—lt is reported that the Aurora, APE:inlay, is on shore on Bull, and full of water. DovEn, DEE. 12.—The Iris, Hutchins, from St. Peters burgh; struck against the Pier and damaged her stern. HULL, DEC. 11.—The William and Ann, Lowry, for Spalding; and Richard, Scholfield, for Lynn, have. been ashore between Skegness and Wainfleet, but were got off after landing their cargoes. They will come here to repair. On Friday the 7th inst. the brig Charles, of Yarmouth, got amongst the rocks at the entrance of Shields harbour. The crew, -consisting of rive persons, were for some time in the most perilous situation. At last the life-boat succeeded in fastening a rope to the vessel which communicated with the .shore, when they were all dragged through a tremendous sea to the land. As might be expected, they were all much exhausted, but none of them had sustained any serious injury. In less than half an hour after quitting her the vessel went to pieces. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following ships were taken up, in addition to those already engaged for the Company's service, viz.:—liar. chioness of Ely, :952 tons ; Prince Regent, 953 tons ; Asia, 958 tons.; and General Hewitt, 898 tons. The Hon. Company's ship Waterloo,,Capt. Alsager, arrived at Bombay 22d July, in six weeks from St. Helena, and carried the news of the d..th of BUONAPARTE. WILT Es one day asked GAnalcx, " What he called honesty !." " What is that to'you ?", said the Roscius ; " meddle with things that concern you !" j:sot.tsit Foos.—The fogs of England halve been at all times the complaint of foreigners. Gondomar, the Spanish Ambassador, when some one who was going to Spain waited on him, to ask whether 'he had any commands, replied, —" only my compliments to the sun, whom I have not seen since I came to England."—Car raccioli, the Neapolitan Minister here, a man of a good deal of conversation and wit, used to say, that the only ripe fruit he had seen in England were roasted apples; and in a conversaticn with George 11. he took the liberty of preferring the Moon. of Naples to the Sun of England: ACClDENT.—Yesterday noon, as a gentleman's groom was driving a horse and gig, at a quick pace, along Holborn, it came suddenly in con tact with a vehicle of a similar description, in which was a gentleman named Thompson, and nearly upset it. The chaise of the groom, how ever, was instantly overturned, and 'the driver thrown out with considerable violence on the stones. The horse and gig proceeded furiously towards Gray's Inn-lane, but a young' 'girl was knocked down, and the animal stopped'without doing any other material mischief. The gig was nearly .dashed to atoms. The groom Qiis taken up almost insensible, having received a severe confusion of the head, and several bruises. DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE. — (Frorn the Lew iston, Niagara, Democrat,- Nov. s.)—On 'Satur day last, some families who had been living on Navy Island, in the Niagara River, had made preparations for removing to the Canada shore, and had loaded a boat with their household effects. The wind rising to a considerable height, it was thought imprudent, by some of the party, to attempt crossing $O near the Falls, with the wind blowing down the stream. —Some of them consequently refused to em bark ; but three men, more • bold or less considerate than the rest, went aboard for the purpose of crossing ; but thinking proper to wait a little for the falling of the _wind, they all laid down to sleep. During this time the rising of the water, or some other cause, loosened the boat from its moorings, and these unfortunate men soon found themselves fast ap proaching the rapids leading to the main falls. No human power could now save them, and they were precipitated into the eternal world by one of the most awful deaths which it is possible to conceive. Many of their goods were seen float ing below the falls much broken to pieces, except a dining table, which floated ashore uninjured. A singular occurrence happened at t.oup's Fell Side, in the parish of Orton, last week. Mrs. Brown, an old infirm widow, and whois said to have been occasionally low spirited, was sit ting in the evening by the fireside, with her son; the young man, in preparing to retire to bed, had taken off his shoes, but soon after fell fast asleep; during this time the mother contrived to hang herself, by fixing herself to the chimney crook by her knitting belt; the son awaken ing and discovering the situation of his mother, ran in great alarm to a neighbour's house, near half a mile distant; but upon his return with as, sistance, it was found that the mother was quite dead.—(Naccustle 'chronicle.)