The Sun. — London, England, 1822-09-10 00:00:00

" of i t 9 tion of .rgeP ci 0 their 0 01 1 _ ,0001111° ith the r t of h i° Komi!co eAg ges ' 9 •/ a 01- A rjs- c4°' P er6di eri of °je it . t ha t : of V er' orY " 5 et-1 he ar ticl e of accounts which have represented the Greeks as victorious in the recent affairs with the army of Clto unscnin, an d we enterta i n no d oubt that tho authenticity and importance of their triumph 'rill be spedily and satisfactorily established.— 'the generous conduct of the Greeks towards the Bey of CASTOR!, alluded to in an article from Sernlio,tends to "chew that in the vengeance which th ey 'lave taken on the Turks, and for which they lu tve been so loudly accused of ferocious and wanton cru e l ty, they have in truth been actuated by the 1/ti nciple of retaliation, with the view, probably, deterring their enemies from the perpetration future atrocities ; for they have treated the " of CAsTon.t, after he had fallen into their P°sver) with a hu man ity wor thy o f th e most oCivilized st a t es, on no other ground than that he flid.n°t participated in any of the brutal excesses his countrymen, but on the contrary had oe" dis tinguished for his own humanity towards eel °uly interesting intelligence from France 4tes to the State Trials. The Sitting of the carQurt of Poitiers, on the sth, on the affair of oe4ral BErtToN, was occupied with the Address 4bihe AT TORNEY -GENERAL, which was remark eoe for the charges made against BENJAMIN F NsT ANT, the M arqu i s d e l a F AYETTE, G eneral O v and some other Opposition Members of k gai t rench Legi s l a t ure , b u t more espec i a ll y m st LA FAYETTE. . . FRENCH FUND t i etii s , i ie Per Cents. Consols . ferin le o 0 51 ‘:„'•%pt. at 94 f. 70 c. g 4 2 6 Sept. IP2, 92f. 25c.—.9...f. 3U . 25c. 35c. 40c. s!ic. It abk stoo. Closed at 95 f. 53 c. 1637 f. 30 C. .I,',le_aepolitan‘rive per Cents Month 25 f. 45 c. ..4 tillage on London— Three °n Months 25 f. 35 c. ( Cour: Anthentique, Sept. 7.) i,.. 4.---it was reported on 'Change to-day 1114 t th e lank of Portugal has advanced their RQ,:verhnlent 20 0,0001. which will enable them to 1 - a a for the present without contracting a loan.---, t t is 410 asserted that Messrs. ROTHSCHILD has 4,, ktrac ted at Paris for a new Neapolitan Loan ii 44) Millions of ducats, which is about two mul t4lks stetling.—Another n ew Sp an i s h L oan i s <I ,ed i of on 'Ch ange as coming forward soon. k accou nt is gives in tiTe Hudson . Centinel of 'lve'llust destructive whirlwind, which passed ON, st r , t hat Part of the country on the Bth lost., ortii.°Ylog in its course a number of barns, d a ble forest trees, &c., and doing consi e l r- t 1/ke ddb' to one or two dwelling -houses. gre at 34LkAlt 15 feet in width, and extended to a 4 glit. For a distance of 25 miles, its Of agesl) Were experienced, and a large amount , '4 ll s s P s ° P e 'tY . destroyed. In West Stockbridge,. ' l ' o l . 41' Immense body of water was raised i fin a. Pot to the height of 3 or 400 feet, La liston4lst ter titic noise, and exhibiting a tru l y h.r bre "tihilug and appalling scene. M ""Y d a e i r %to a d (' -- escaPes are mentioned ; but it is un 7 ~Z. that ni ° lives were lost.—(American Pre7i. t ) . 14 Ys :et K ett from Petersburgh of the 17t i u , t astl ' "or exchange was yesterday in a great 44 0'1 41 "g to the appearance there of the, grea t s ~I , ° a ti l i n —a run de ItoTitsclittn. Every one wa ne -us t° have a view of him, that during the !hose remained, ,Xtierns, was completely interrupted. Money 1 :1% melt' Searce, and our 6 per cent. stock has l ' ho t : ' Per cent b u t c ro ttiis state of things it lip ' ie tl NI 1 I, presence will re -ve us. ,, •de ....OTHSCHILD S pres i'b ei • C A r it °Y1:11 Hialinesses the Dukes of YORK I), e -N I, nitlnGE visited his MAJESTY yesterday. f 111 lit:"°41) CHANCELLOR had an audience of Th„ i. Yestk7d,3, P lt t six " „, u c k ," °I. CANIBRIDGE left . Bagshot .s aitzlolaylafl 4`ightl, " .lock yesterday morning. Hi 1 11 , 1 t . 45 s 'rived at the King's Palace at Pimlico „ Th e , °'eluck. , 4 4 N; "obli in h - e f orte has granted to Swedish 'l4 qt Lra".egiau vessels the free - passage into the „ Si gn r • e l) 2tai ri : and Signor a DE I3EGNIS, who were ' 4 •in• -.tit Performers during the last and pre- Il4itl for a ll 9 at the King's Theatre., are en d `` Lew nights at Edinburgh ? and in Ilt illg t r are to give airs from II Turco In Lahr', 4 4s ity s 'P o l t a ces, at Doncaster. 1413)tf:of tii‘h';:ntierts at Cork are highly successful; lit!tas . at city is characterized by musical i: n ot as liberality. u ti '' "It) s j e ru e, as reported, that the idea o f the 12 4 t ' ll co il ' : 1 cademy has been relinquished. i t f? b 44 :.rary, the I , ‘., t . so ect d u Directors and Professors li;i , 4 blist„... em, and arrangements made for Ltlls hoa,7ent. We still, however, conceive U NI " doubtless founded upon the most 1 t ri t , v ,_ 1 . wl i , t °%l l 1 . I e vs, its tendency is to overwhelm f t iii , r , l t . of bovtrah musical Performers, . many i 'elve.,. sexes will be unable to support /it s 'lht t 1 ')1 3 ' di In th ri %i t °Re 4 1 e golden days of good . Queen dlwe ß ht 1). 111) whb a e Yon days to which every Englishman a ffects 44teallt1 t o tijai?ture, t he . punishm ent for libel was loss of the to ,4 opalte! libeller. A Illr. Page, who had -.presumFdt. e itl4Je3t„Atjoi, stiff the subject of the Queen's marriase_with h C 4 14 CC 4 tld si ',Z4B prOseCUted for, and convicted of,li belling her, it t pl6. l 4e .roir o ' w !red the punishment. When on the scattold;_ne ''''' kllle'-'2"----1 wipe, I naaly and spirited speech : 7 " Fcdow rri k ei „ ~ t 4 " ,couie to receive the law according to my li - lvil l s' tnank the re , i.. 714. v e oft . kt ow „ God of all, and of this I take God to h hs t , elided her e the heart s of all men), that as lam sorry t , tt ( a. ,3' ep ers ,?i le ~ ah ,, o n , er 4laiesty . , so . did I never mean harm to her - N • ~,„T w as in -, • , ,or dignit but have been as true a sub -- b;* t Nt 4 heo hoi,llgland) to the ; be s of my ability, exep g NY; *1, 1 , 4 ) th e T,f 4111 .# 1 11) his right hand he said, " This hand t Odevie4etio 4it e - 44 ha ve r "gb,_ and got my living' by it many years.— ,1 3 ti e ha., ,Pleased her nighness to take my left hand, or Ovs i., lil",ea.eat;lt tuore favourable with me, for now I have t l t 'llt l e lt ''' I h'e se u e t i ? o (l, who is the father of us all, willpro l - V,. t ile 1311 Y Ponisholejt"' good people, to pray fo!dtnhei's thatl n d pt hilt two k, ati , _ patiently." He then laid t ' , 4l kt ee hl bl ows I,l3_r,ayed the executioner to dispatch . _ suictki le:rietyre?,etet,,ri have left tlllPerte° ‘4,,ett115 ali"cisiro7ll,l was taken off; when, lifting ve p . othtnetbelopgtsehsmaiolo,s Lnbs;,, 41 4 iveuZi,the ti.caffold stoutly, and with great coil ' oe Raul of such a punishment in the present ---------....* 48s. 55' -- ..... . 2 5 Pr' - .. 810 S E PT• 9• D.ct. 721 '' .. Trli ••• Ct• ll eC•-•• .r C't• !ent• Sec' ..-- ELBOW' after 11• 3V , SinYr/Pl' is hale viztta nti' o lotir i l tress es of by ‘ Sr. kv hea t) h Go d and Ott' m on/ ibex itt ast, thrabc6 of t he 90d of the 1 0 05 ; es ci " t weiv e under SC O/9 feats e, grlor 05 the OP' 0,101" to the ,cou nt' 1 0 511 it W e ;e ? gja eIC del °ll' en fcC re )01.= tij A e rd, 11" : hem t he' THE THEATRE. HAYMARKET.—Last night a new Comic Opera, under the title of ?Ilorningj Noon, and Night, or The Romance of a Day, was represented for the first time. CHARACTERS. Lord Scribbleton The Earl of .Avadavat Sir Simon Saveall Baptiste . . Captain Sanguine Shark . . Patrick . . Grampus . Shingle Grumps . . Flint Fishskin . . Bite Mr. LISTON, Mr. TAYLEURE, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. W. WEST, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. TERRY, Mr. LEE, Mr. IT/131310ND, Mr. LEON! LEE, Mr. C. JONES, Mr. Linouou, Mr. HENRY, Mr ELEis, Mr. EBSWORTH, . Mr. CRATES. Smugglers, IVreckers, &c. Messrs. Caulfield, Henry, Hemes, Ellis, C. Tett, &c. Lydia . . . • Miss PATON, Amelia . . • . Mrs. JOHNSTON, Lucy . . • . Mrs. JONES, Fanny . . . . ?lrs. GAICRIcE., Goody Shoreham. . . Mrs. PEARCE. Travellers, Chambermaids, Mesdms. Henry, Smith, Kendall, Wood, Phinnick. Bumpkin . Peter FABLE. The Earl of Avadavat, on going out early in life to India, agrees with his friend, Sir Simon Saveall (who has been his benefactor) that should he return fortunate, his son, Lord Seribbleton, shall be united to Lydia, Sir Simon's daughter ; and the opera commences at the period when the young people are to be introduced to each other for the first time. Lord Scrib bleton, who has written two romances under the titles of the The Deluded Wife and Deserted Children, and is a great traveller in search of incidents to furnish his future produc- tions, determines to visi` the mansion of his intended father-in law, Sir Simon, as a be \ ighted traveller, in order that he may, unobserved, discover with what sort of young lady he is to be united. His father, the Earl, however, disapproving conceal= ment, informs Sir Simon of the intended deception, and the Baronet, after imparting the secret to his daughter, determines to give Lord Saribbletan a most brilliant reception, and lights up his mansion for that purpose. His Lordship, in the mean time, through some of his romantic arrangements is detained on the road, and mistaken for a highwayman. Captain San guine, who is journeying to a sea-port to meet his wife and children, loses his way and knocks at Sir Simon's .gate, where he is received with all the honours intended for Lord S., on a supposition that he is that Nobleman in disguise ; and when he speaks of his absent wife and children, is supposed to mean merely the titles of dip above-mentioned romances written by Lord S.; and on his Lordship's being brought in custody to Sir Sinzon's,he is locked in a cellar till the arrival of his father . The Earl elucidates the mistakes which led to his confine ment. Amelia, the wife of the Captain, is, with her two boys, shipwrecked on the coast, and preserved through the brave hu manity of Shark, a repentant ruffian of former bad habits, who tries, by present good conduct, to atone for past guilt; and, after rescuing the lady first from the ferocious avarice of the villains who infest the coast to make property of the'vessels wrecked on it, and afterwards from robbers in a wood near Sir Simon's, bring her safely to the Baronet's house, where she unexpectedly meets her husband, and joins in the merriment of . the family on the adjustment of Lord Scribbleton's self-occasioned contre temps. The report in the Theatre last night assigns this piece to Mr. T. DEIDIN, the Stage Manager. It• is well calculated for the amusement of a Summer Theatre, and the Author in all probabi lity had no deeper Purpose.—One of his objects was doubtless to adapt his characters to the ta lents of the Performers, and also to produce a contrast in the two principal ones.—Lord Scrib ()kiwi, the Romance writer, is vain and effemi nate. This part was admirably supported by LtsToN. The part in prominent contrast with this isShark, the reformed Ruffian, who is rough and manly. The other. characters have no striking projection, and are only fitted to carry on the plot. AS this piece is, as we before ob served, chiefly designed for Summer amusement, it would be hard to subject it to critical analysis. It will well admit, however, of curtailment.— Miss P.ToN, in the character of Lydia, acquitted herself well, as she always does, in acting as well as singing. Her manner of singing Di tanti pal piti to English words was beautiful in expres. sion as well as skilful in science. her Mary of Castle Cary was also another triumph of her talents. Mrs. IL JOHNSTON, TAYLEURE, W. WEST, as a French Footman, WILLIAMS, I.,Eost LEE, and indeed the w hole of the Performers, sustained their several parts with propriety.— The House was completely occupied, and the Piece received general applause with very few tokens of dissent. WEST LONDON MEATac.--This Theatre, built upon the scite of the old Tottenham-street Con cert Rooms, was opened last night Juicier the management of Mr. BRUNTON, formerly of Covent garden Theatre, and who possesses merit sufficient to entitle him to a permanent situation in one of the winter th ea t res . Th e fi rst dramatic piece last night is called The Widow Bewitched, or She must be Married. It is light and amusing. The second production was entitled What we must all come to. This is an abridgment of the late Mr. MURPHY'S excellent farce of Three weeks after Marriage. The parts of Sir Charles and Lady. Racket were sustained with great spi r it an d humour by Mr. BR UNTON a nd Miss BRUNTON, his daughter, who made so very favourable an impression on the public a few years ago at Covent-Garden Theatre that it would be diffi cult to account for her not having a settled sta tion on the winter boards, if we did not infer that filial affection induces her to attach herself to the fortunes of her father. The conclud ing drama was a piece called Paul and Justin, which is of a very interesting, and which was rendered more so by the acting of Mr. and Miss BRUNTON. The Dramatic Corps which Mr. BRUNTON has collected, are at least respect able in point of talents, and the characters in general were supported in such a manner as to excite the approbation of a numerous audience. The interior of the Theatre is much improved in its appearance. It is well lighted with chan.. daliers round the boxes. The curtain, which has hitherto been green, is now red, and is divid ed into two parts, which are drawn like window curtains. On the whole, this Theatre is a very agreeable addition to the public amusements,and is well entitled to public protection. • A ...... b . : - ..* -7 ,V, ~1 Q . c A t * dr 4 -\V S ( • .! 00;1.' -;,) 11 el ?e , i 7. 1 4e- - —,----- -, s k.,-, -. '-i i .---z,: -,..,„-_ • • ii, -- ,c 7, (tLitl 4) titl), ' S ' r - . rl '/ E.. r1 11 01_ 1'` % .% -, <'`, ii ' 4. , ,,,, -- —______,, i - - ,4 0 , i, e 4) , . it, FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess Cowper, at their house in George street, Hanover-square, from their seat, Pansanger, Herts ; Lord Melbourne, from Earl Cowper's seat in Herts; Lord Tcmpletown and Family, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the Continent; Lady Farnaby and Mrs, Austin, at Jor dan's Hotel, St. James's -street, from their seat in Kent ; Capt. George St. John Mildmay, and J. Elliott, Esq., at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish square ; Thos. Wright, Esq. and Mrs. Wright, at ditto, from Nottingham. DEPART ußEs.—Viscount and Viscountess Dungannon, and Family, for their seat, Brynkinalt, Derbyshire; the Countess of Dysart, for her seat, Ham House, Surrey; Walter Burrell, Esq. M.P. for Knip Castle, Sussex. BRIGHTON, SEPT. B.—The Duke of York, unattended in his carriage, left the Pavilion as early as seven o'clock this morning, for London. His Royal Highness, we hear, intends shortly to join a select shooting party, at Petworth Castle, the seat of the Lord Lieutenant of this county, the Earl of Egre mont.—The It oyal Duke took his farewell dinner at the Palace yesterday, with Lord Alvanley, Lord Charles Manners, and Sir Richard Borough. WlNnsott, SEPT. B.—The Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Glocester arrived at Frogmore from Bagshot yes terday. The Princess Augusta went with them to Bagshot park to dinner, and in the evening her Royal Highness re turned to Froginore.—This morning the Princess Augusta attended divine service at the new parish church, Windsor. PRESTON GUILD. ( From the Freston Chronicle.) THIRD DAY.—WEDNESDAY. THE Races.—Every description of vehicle was in requisition this morning to convey the influx of visitors to the Races. The town had filled prodigiously on the preceding day,and during the forenoon the crowds of 'rdestrians that lined the road all in active motion for the course, a distance of two miles from Preston, was immense. By two o'clock, the time when the horses started, there was a grand display of splendid equipages, many of them with she horses, and all arrayed in new liveries, glittering in the sun like a birth-day meeting at St. James's. Among the most elegant carriages with six horses, was the Earl and Countess of Derby, Lord Stamford, the Earl of Wilton, Mr. Trafford, of Trafford, and an innumerable list of distinguished persons. The weather was most unfavourable to the sport,—a heavy rain continued almost from the commencement of the first race,. and many a holiday-suit bore evident marks of the lengthened way and dirty road, on their return home. THE MAYOR'S BALL—on Wednesday evening, was at tended by a most unprecedented display of fashion, particularly of the female world. The rooms were crowded to excess ; to promenade was impossible, yet was the squeeze most delight ful, from the continued recurrence of beautiful faces, which, gliding by in sylphic groups, struck the astonished beaux with rapture and delight. Upwards of 800 persons, of the very first rank and respectability in the county and neighbourhood, were present. The company began to thin about two o'clock, but the gray tint of streaky morn had spread her cheering light in the horizon before the sons and daughters of Terpsichore had ceased to trip around the magic circle of her sphere. FOURTH DAY—THURSDAY. THE RACES.—The highest expectations had been excited of this day's sport, and an immense number of persons poured in the town from the adjacent parts of the country, to attend the amusements. The weather was most unpropitious ; from ten o'clock till four there was an unceasing rain, which prevented many from enjoying their anticipated pleasures. A very large number were, however, determined for the sport ; and not all the warring of the elements, the unpleasant state of the road, or the lengthened way, could deter a numerous assemblage of all ranks of persons from meeting on the ground. It was really pitiable to perceive the poor drenched souls on their return, covered with clay and deluged with wet. The odds had been very high in favour of Mr. ) I'. 0. Powlatt's Jack Spigot; pre vious to the race, and before, it was nearly ten to one. Doctor Syntax was thought to be worn out in the service, and Mr. Pierse's Reveller stood second on the list: only these three started for the old gold cup ; and the race was won easy by Reveller, to the astonishment of the sporting world, the Doctor coming in second. Mr. Simpson's Bonny Bess won the second race on the same day, 701., the gift of the Earl of Derby. The course was in a very bad state from the incessant rains, and but few fashionables present. THE THEATRE.—The Mayoress' bespeak this evening was attended by all the fashionables in town ; and we had again the inexpressible delight of witnessing an assemblage of beautiful females arrayed in all the varieties of elegant costume. The magic circle was complete. 'We never felt a more enchanting pleasure than the gratification we experienced from observing the highly animated and elegant persons who surrounded us.— The stage boxes were fitted up in a very tasteful style right and left ; the former was occupied by the Earl of Wilton and his lovely Countess, with the Derby family ; and on the opposite, the Mayoress' party appeared to great advantage. The per formance was Ivanhbe, and The Critic. FIFTH DAY.—FRIDAY. THE RACES.—The Course wt,s not well attended this day, principally owing to the doubtful state of the weather, and many of the visitors having been completely drenched with rain the fotroer day. Contrary to expectation it continued fair; there was not, however, much sport. Sir W. Wynne's Belmont, own brother to Cymro, and Mr. Clifton's bay colt, by Orville, only started for the Sweepstakes; the former won easy. In the second race fee 701., the Member's gift, Bonny Bess bore off the prize, the only one opposed to her being Mr. Newsham's black mare ; there was very little betting, and but few Ladies present, all the female world being in the highest state of active preparation for the Fancy Ball this evening. THE FANCY BA L L.—Of all the entertainments of polished life, this is certainly the most enchanting; the splendour of the dresses, the variety of the costume, the grotesque appearance of the Company, and the a nim a t e d scene they present, renders this species of amusement at once bewitching and delightful. Anticipation had raised a most unusual excitement foi• the ar rival of the Fancy Ball. Every mnrchande e mode in the county had been for some weeks actively employed in pre paring dresses for this occasion ; ingenuity had strained her utmost to giVe a fashion and superiority to the elegant assem blage. The ball took place at the New Exchange Rooms. Every arrangement for the convenience and comfort of the Com pany had been studiously attended to. About nine o'clock, the company began to arrive. Every person present seemed to enter into the spirit of the scene—the taste and splendour of the dresses exceeded every thing we had anticipated. We left the company at a very late, or rather early hour, with every appearance of the merry scene lasting until breakfast time. ANECDOTE OF FENCING.—(From KENDRICK'S lONIAN IsLANDS.)—The operas' and comedies performed at this theatre are sometimes relieved by an exhibition of fence ing, to which the Corfuoites are highly partial. I have wit nessed several of these " assaultsdes times;" but the one which afforded me the greatest pleasure happened in the year 1817. A French captain of cavalry, after the battle of Waterloo, paid Corfu a visit on his way to Albania, where he hoped to meet with a situation under Ali Pacha. Learning the temper of the Corfuoites, and being himself an admirable fencer, he caused bills to be circulated throughout the town, challenging both British and natives to a public trial of skill : the latter only ac cepted it, to the number of eight. At an early hour the theatre was crowded to excess by all ranks, anxious to witness the Captain's performance. The curtain drew up, and a trifling display of fencing took place until the Frenchman's appear ance on the stage: he was greeted very cordially by the au dience; and his tall martial figure almost placed the odds in his favour. • The usual ceremony took place of presenting foils, and the Frenchman succeeded in hitting all his opponents suc cessively. The dexterity he showed in the management of the foil was wonderful; and the mortified candidates retired in disappointment. The Frenchman came forward amidst thun ders of applause and stated his willingness to meet any othe r gentliman. This produced a ninth competitor, who started forth to the surprise of all, and Challenged the victor. He was a Neapolitan, of a middling height, firmly made, and was a left-handed fencer, which the captain noticing, stood in a more attentive posture. The audience waited in anxiety for the re sult, although each one felt positive of the Frenchman's suc cess ; but after five passes, the Neapolitan fairly bent his foil on the Frenchman's side. The applause that followed was tremendous, and became redoubled when it was discovered that the victor was no other than the governor's principal cook!— The Prenchman boasted no more ; nor was he to be enticed to another trial of skill. POETRY. TO THE MEMORY OF THE GREEK CHIEF, WHO HAS RECENTLY GIVEN GREECE THE EXAMPLE oe A SECOND LEONIDAS. " The foe is before ye," young BOZAIITS cried, As he led his bold ranks up ThermopylEe's side— " The foe is before ye, and, sleeping beneath, " Are the heroes of Sparta who triumphed in death. " Like them let us wait - for the tyrant's array, " Their shades bid us welcome to glory to-day; " Let us fall as they fell, and thus dying, to save, " The trophies of Freedom shall bloom on our grave." lie spoke—and the torrent of foemen was stayed, Like Persia when cloven by Sparta's red blade; And the heath of the mountain, the rock of the dell, Were strew'd with the tyrants who rush'd on and fell. And Greece, too, shall mourn o'er the heroes that died, But her cypress is mix'd with the laurel's green pride ; For it was not in vain that young BOZARTS shed His life on that spot where LEONIDAS bled. Young Greek, thou wert worthy to share in his fame, Like his was your cause, and your virtue the same ; lie died a crown'd mattyr at Liberty's shrine, And as holy and grand was that proud death of thine ! And the matrons of Greece have arrayed thy cold clay With garlands whose fragrance shall not die away ; And they ask the Great Being, while gracing thy tomb, That their sons may have virtue to envy thy doom. Tho' the lyre of thy country for ages has hung On the laurel of Delphi, all mute and unstrung, Yet again it shall wake with the tire of the free, And pour the wild requiem sweetly o'er thee. And the mountain that nurses the eagle shall form Thy awful memorial, through sun-shine and storm ; And whether it wears Heaven's brightness or gloom, Oh, who would not wish for so glorious a tomb ! FOR THE SUN. ENGLISH ACTORS INSULTED IN FRANCE. MR. EDITOR-4 am sorry to see in your Paper of this day an attempt to palliate the disgusting conduct of a French audience on a late occasion by the production of, in itself, perhaps, a parellel case as to conduct in an English au dience, but, the one not warranted by any just principle what ever, while the other had many considerations to extenu ate it. For most assuredly the relative situations of this country and France now, and the state of society, manners, and civilization in tote , are not to be compared with the year 1766, or any period like it. It is unnecessary for me to give a summary of that period in History, which would be very tedious, since it is sufficient to observe, that were not then 40, 30, 20, or even ten thousand French in this capital at that time. It had never been the object of French mercy or magni mity, and it was indebted to France in no way whatever ; on the contrary, it had every thing to dread from France, since it was at all times the fertile hot-bed of ambitious, treacherous, and iniquitous projects. Besides, there were secret jealousies existing between the rival countries, and political stra tagems were in operation in every disguised shape they could possibly assume. At this time, surely it cannot be said any thing of the kind exists in France relative to the English, or that she has any thing to fear from the introduction of British sentiments on her Stage. Indeed one would have thought that a nation who owes the preservation of its capital to the mercy of the Allied Armies, among which the English were conspi cuous, who are on terms of the strictest peace with this nation, would, with a liberal and honourable feeling, have overcome the rancour, malignity, and resentment of a dastard Faction, and treated on a generous and manly principle the fellow coun trymen of those to whom, many a Frenchman who was at the theatre on the occasion alluded to, is indebted, in all probability, for the present home in which he dwells. September 7. JOHN BULL. The elegant Cross, presented to his MAJESTY by the Ladies of Edinburgh, was the work of Mrs. SEENE, of Rubislaw, daughter of the late Sir NV2$l. FORBES, Bart. His MAJESTY wore it in his hat on all state occasions. Twenty-five couples who were married in the Isle of Wight, on the 31st ult., proceeded in one party to Southampton, to celebrate their nuptials, attended by a band of music. I SLE or WIGHT, SEPT. 7.—On Friday, the anniversary meeting of the Isle of Wight Ladies Branch Bible Society was held at the Green Dragon Inn, in t. is town, Joseph Buttery/Ord], Esq. M.P. in the Chair. The Rev. Alexander Clarke read a gratifying report of the increase of Sunday School, and the good effect produced by the formation the present excellent Institution. Dr. Steinkopff addressed the meeting, which was very respectable and numerous, with much animation and eloquence. The Rev. L. Richmond also addressed the company in support of the Institution. It is pleasing to know that their exists among the poor of this Island the greatest de sire to profit by this excellent institution, applications for ad mission having greatly increased. PETERSBUItGH (UNITED STATES), A 1745. 9.—" We at tended a novel exhibition on Tuesday last. An individual, named Neal, has succeeded in domesticating two rattle.snaltes (male and female), which he exhibits as curio s iti es wort hy the countenance f the public. The complete docility of the reptiles—their playfulness—the harmless manner in which they caress their keeper--are astonishing; not mole so, how ever, than the freedom he takes with them, handling them in every possible shape, thrusting his fingers in their very mouths, and exposing to view their fangs, around which is concealed their deadly poison with which this venomous race is arm ed. To demonstrate that the poison in these snakes was as active anti powerful as ever, a live rat was produced, which the male snake almost instantly attacked. In about 20 minutes after the rat died, violently convulsed. So soon as the rat ceased to breathe, the snake prepared to swallow him, which he did in al out 15 minutes. It may be worthy of remark, that the snake made only one stroke at the rat, instinct a ssur i ng hi m t h at one war sufficient. Another rat was produced, which'he attacked and gave it only one stroke, as in the first instance. STEPPING : ~~ILL .-t1 new plan for punishing rogues, which has been successfully tried in England, will soon be put in operation in the P en it ent i ar y i n N ew 'York. It is well calculated to afford employment to those who are too lazy to work and earn their own livelihood, and to give them an op portunity of overcoming their sluggish and vicious habits. At a recent meeting of the Common Council of New York the Mayor remarked, that he had visited the Penitentiary, for the purpose of witnessing the operation of the mill, one wh ee l c f which has been completed, and justified the expectations of these who had wren it. WONDERFUL - VEGETATION.-Mr. Barrow, of Holker, in Cartmel, planted some early frame pease in the spring. From these he derived a plentiful crop. The glean ings he suffered to ripen, and then sowed them on the same ground. This Itcand crop is now ready for the dish, well filled, and extremely luxuriant. Strange as this fact may ap- pear, we have it well authenticated by a gentleman of Kendal, who himself witnessed them.—( Westmorland Gazette,,) It gives us great pain to record a detestable in stance of cruelty to animals, which lately occurred in this neighbourhood. A person travelling from Maidenhead to Marlow, saw lying in a ditch on the edge of a common, about two miles from the former place, a bull, cruelly beaten about the head, and a fire blazing under him. The flames made the wretched animal move, otherwise the observer would have considered him dead. The . person who opened a gate close by, said, in answer to the inquiries made of him, that the bull was obstinate, and that the drover was rousing him up ! Our informant communicates the name of the drover and of his employer, but we forbear to publish them, in the hope that such atrocious practices may be corrected without a more particular exposure.—( Windroe 2:rircst.) THE ARMY. The messmen of the different regiments in Plymouth garrison have received directions not to purchase game of any kind, in order that they may not afford counte nance to the illegal practice of poaching. The 13th (Ist Somerset) Regiment of Foot (General Morri son, Colonel) is ordered to be conveyed, on board steam ves sels, from Leith to Chatham, preparatory to its proceeding to embark in December for Bengal, to relieve the 17th (Leicester shire) Regiment Of Foot (General Champage, Colonel) which is ordered home. On Friday and Saturday parties of recruits arrived at Cowes from Southampton, and marched for Albany Barracks. A circular has been published from Chelsea Hospital, stating that the officers of any parish in England are enabled to re ceive the pension of an out-pensioner of that Hospital who has deserted his wife and family, and suffered them to become chargeable thereto, provided an order made out be executed and transmitted, conformably to the directions contained in the 513th Geo. 111. cap. 12, at least one month previous to the quarter's pension becoming due. ErnNn uncu, SEPT. 7.—Yesterday forenoon a squadron or the Royal Scots Greys marched through this city, on their route from Dalkieth to Piershill barracks. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. Po ItTsmorTri, SEPT. 9.—Wind W.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Helicon, on a cruize. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 8 —Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Ro bin, Sutherland, from Prince Edward's Island. Off the port the Arno, Crow, from Leghorn. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 8. —Wind W.S.W.—Arrived of the port the Faith , Deloit, from L o nd on f or B ar b a d oes . MILFORD, SE PT. 7.—Arrived the Elenor, from Kingston. DEAL, SEPT. 9.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Emerald, Murray, from Belfast ; Percy, Bruce, Jamaica ; Polly, Wheatley, Quebec ; Fortitude, Martin ; Sir Edward Hamilton, Bell; and Lady Juliana, all from Jamaica. Came down from the River the Princess Charlotte, Blyth, for Van Dieman's Land ; Foxhound, Mattison, South Seas ; James, Smith, Africa; Hope, Perry, Liverpool; Brixton, Lusk, Van Dieman's Land ; Woodstock, Whinne, Jamaica; Simeon, Roberts, Malta; Venus, Ch am pli n , Phil a d e l p hi a; Rebecca, Scott, ork and Fanny, Donovan, Cadiz. Also &- rived and remain with the above the Favourite, Sims, front Memel to Cork ; and Dispatch, Forster, ditto to Bristol. The Happy Return, Munro, from Flint to Nantz, was driven on shore near Beaumaris on Sunday morning, and it was feared would go to pieces ; cargo expected to be saved. The Annabella, 111'13°1 - laid, from Liverpool to Tobermory, sunk off the Isle of Man the 30th ult. PLYMOUTH DOCK, SEPT. 7. [From the Plymouth Telegraph.] The Navy Board have been officially employed in the Dock yard every day during the present week. esterday the ar rangements respecting the discharge of clerks from the different offices, and the classification of the remainder, were carried into effect. The clerks dismissed are—Messrs. Pleadwell, John Grills, and Joseph Burdwood, from the Check Office ; Thomas Gill and William Grills, Storekeeper's Office; Leddra, Tim ber-master's Office ; Wharton, Master-attendant's Office ; Tucker and B u lky, Master -measurer's Office. ' The clerks retained in the various offices (43) are separated into three classes. The number of the first class consists of five. The tninimvm of the salary of this class is 3001. which is to be increased 101. annually, till it shall amount to 4501., which is to be the mazi m um. The second class consists of twelve clerks, the minimum of whose salary will be 1501., and the maximum 3001. to be in. creased upon the same principle as observed in the first class. The third class is composed of the remainder of the clerks, viz. 25. the minimum of the salary of which is 801., and the maximum 1501. None of the salaries enjoyed at present by any individual re tained will be reduced, except by the operation of the Superan.. nuation Act. R. Ellery, Esq. is appointed Secretary to the Commissioner. Seventy men are ordered to be discharged from the books of the Dock-yard on Friday next, viz. 25 shipwrights, 2 calkers, 3 riggers, 2 riggers' labourers, 6 carpenters, 4 sawyers, 6 smiths, 2 scavelmen, and 20 labourers. MOST EXTRAORDINARY CASE. [FROM A DUBLIN PAPER.] A singular marriage is likely t o b e regu l ar l y announced in a few days. Unprejudiced towards the parties, we shall give a detail of the atlitir with as much brevity as possible:— . A short time since a summons was obtained at the Head Of: lice of Police against two individuals,_ who answe r t o t h e names of C. and M. P , t o appear before the Magistrates there, to hear the accusation of W. N—, for aiding and abetting in procuring the intermarriage of M. P—, aged about fifty-eight, with a Miss M‘G—, about thirteen years old, contrary to the form of the statute provided in such case, &c. The individuals who had procured this summons were aceorn i nnied by the young Lady, her mother, and by their agent, Mr. T. DOWN LNG, and their legal adviser,Counsellor Hun/orb. It was stated to the Magistrates that on Sunday, the 11th of August, Miss 211`G--, who had been induced to leave the boarding-school by what. she considered to be the mandate of her mother, but which that mother now declares to be a false document, was brought to town and met by Mr. C—, who it seems had been left one of the executors to the will of the young Lady's father, and by Mr. P 4 the bridegroom. The juvenile bride, it seems, next signed a d ocument, terme d an assignment of property to Mr. C—, and, as now stated, imagining that her mother had approved of the union, she ac companied her admirer, Mr. P--, his friend Mr. C. and a clergyman, to Brid ge - s t ree t, an d t h ence to a mans i on in the vicinity of Lucan, where, in the presence of a select few, the clergyman pronounced the nuptial benediction. The young bride on her return to town having, as it is stated, been inform ed that her mother disapproved of the union, immediately burst into tea r s, d ec l are d w h at h a d occurred, and enumerated a variety of circumstances connected with this singular case ; • she was immediateiy separated from her admirer, and all the parties who protested against the marriage, sought redreis from the Magistrates. They, however, were not certain that it came within their jurisdiction, and declined to proceed for ward in the matter until the opinion of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench was first obtained. Meantime affidavits were filed by the parties who defended the foregoing appeal, and Mr. M.P. and Mr. C. obtained a writ of Habeas Corpus, and by virtue of such document the young wife was brought before Judge BURTON, &c. a few days back, and there regularly claimed by Mr. P. as his bride The whole case was heard by the Judges with great pa tience and attention. Mr. DnlscoLL attended on behalf of Messrs. M. P. and C. '' Mr. Ilu BAN D on the other side. The Habeas hqvinrr, been - dismissed, th e littl e g i r l w a s handed over to her mother's care, and Mr. HUBATI'D informed Mr. DOWNING that he was at liberty to proceed against Mr. M. P. and Mr. C. :hwith • accordingly a summons was cb. tamed at the Head Office, before the Magistrates of which this most singular case will be again discussed.- ARREST FOR HIGH TREASON IN IRELAND.—The twenty prisoners confined for same time past in Kilmainham gaol, and who obtained an order for their discharge on the last day of the Commission, were brought up yesterday (6th inst.) to the Head Police-office, and on giving bail before the Magistrates were discharged.— (Dania Frecnzan's Journal.) On Friday last, ;tiosforth was visited by one of the most dreadful and tremendous thunder storms ever remembered by the oldest inhabitant; it came on about eight o'clock in the evening, and continued for about an hour ; the black clouds appeared to hang upon the house-top s , an d t h e pea l s of thunder followed the lightning almost instantaneously ; the rain poured down in torrents, and in a short space of time all the roads were completely inundated. The electric fltdd struck a chimney -top, at Catch Ground, in the parish of Irton, and severed it, descended down the chimney and knocked two of , the family down, proceeded up stairs, tore of the plaister on the staircase, entered a room up stairs. A few days ago as Mrs. Carrington, wife of the Reverend Mr. Carrington, was preparing some fancy work at the residence of her father W. Adair, Esq. of Heatherton Park, near Wellington, some varnish, which was heating, caught fire, and the blaze communicating to Mrs. Carring ton's dress, she was instantly in flames. Mr. A. Adair, her brother, ran to her assistance, and covered his sister's face with one of his hands, while with the other he endeavoured to extinguish the fire, which, we lament to state, was not sup pressed until Mrs. Cyrrington was dreadfully burnt ; and not withstanding the prompt attendance of eminent surgical assist ance, the unfortunate lady expired on Tuesday last. FATAL AND MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—The following is a deplorable instance of the shocking consequences attending the use of spring galls : it took place a few days ago :—As Mrs. Whitly, of the King's County, was walking in her garden, she stood on a spring gun, by which both her legs were shot off. It was half an hour afters ards she was found dead by the ser vants, who were alarmed at her long absence.—.4.Datin Fret; man's Jo-urnal.)