The Sun. — London, England, 1811-10-18 00:00:00

PCIi THE S .4. EBITOt, . • , having had in sun degree the Censure :.f' know ingthe latt. excellent Liehrip of Dee:enun, I am a ,"%tatti to do ju s ti ce to l iis charader, even 'epon a , ite ' r a‘tance, which, hiaWeyer, involves no blame. 1 . 1 the account whi c h appeared ;10 Your Paper, an !!'untiPg the melancholy event of the death of 'that' it tlerable Prelate it was stated, that -Dr. GOLD.. T t h es evid ent l y founded his interesting ballad of 1 ,, e . Hermit, upon The Fri ar o f Orders Grey, PL- 1- ''Oleil hy Dr. PERCY, and this has long been the . t: a n 'tai opinion. .A writer, however, in a Morning Paper, referring to a letter,. said to have been Written Lpr• GoLnsmern, alleges that Dr. PERCY had t '''. self put the fragments of SHAESPEARE into the 4 ' e aa of 16. ballad alluded to, and had, in reality, Q i.s tn the hints for the Composition of that ballad ire lli e fite Hermit, Now, Sir, it .is pretty well pei n that " 'lite Friar of Orders Grey" 'was f ieti ls i l l ied some time before Dr. GOLDSMITH grati i,,t e public with his own interesting ballad ;. but i l ti t ai ree reverse were the fad, is it. to be supposed ar,u,".pietcy would have collected the fragments in i r e:" 4 lanrl have moulded them into a story almost QtLeal With that of The Hermit, after that story ta l i wee,, eo well related by GOLDSMITH ? I have ihtil titit the charge against the Bishop involves no fe , e :btlt I confess, indeed, that if such were the if •"_ Le would have sheWn something of a jealousy forpical lame, and a desire of rivalry, which ie : ti ll° part of his character , to say nothing of ie liesi alt t 01 taste and discretion which would be hl p „, hi such an attempt. I therefore cannot has been that the letter of GOLDSMITH, which eihrue!ti referred to, requires a strenger proof of e ter nteity than has yet been given, and that the f4hubelie evidence o f t h e c ase renders i t hi g hly im littsef I\ lll 4l after so i nte r est i ng a wo rk 'as The NI 4 :„." 1. • r EaCY would have had too much l e t h e "'l 109 pinch taste, and too much respect tne fe" t Peetical chara6te r of GOLDSMiTH to have tato so hazardous a cotnpetitiore. ?ek e e e -oveehouse, OE}, 16. by.......- R.........a.........11•••i1mm0e I: eteli tt n e c last letters from Persia, we learn that , his Piet the ,V alr Gotta OUSELEY and his Lady oCe. t3 7 ett.,o, as palace at Shiraz,Callecithe Tak hit Nliii l 1 being a to al residence of the pre sent tleeet',artlily, surnamed C izar The other Gen of "' the Etiglish Embassy, with the lay escort 4% / „ tti Y l a the artillery, and servants, were - en v . 1111 ea ke %, 4 e to tlie gardens of the Palace. Sir Yllart,t 'uOSELRY was preparing to set out on a e hob e ltblor• 41 abgard ( , he ancient 'Cyropolis) and e llos,: f the ruins of PasSagarda, and the tomb of S o l A t er which his intention was :to trace the oi r le niLaXANDFR ( a e"le ee , l , • f roth Passagarda . to PelseP"dis• d ee tliti hoped to perform his expedition -It am je t s'undied miles) in thirteen or fourteen e e ( t .. ( Or - I,` lie _ reiher, the Ambassador, had . obtain.` 4 I qv . f ," 4 toyat g errnan, mid an Officer of the treaC,,", e alils to attend l" n i ?et • L tlY ai d lll ' • . •quarter of and insure his per-, t se eiii i • secomMoklation, in a 4o Ptt ' It as net prr.bably been visited by any dti t " lor ab v 1 a I • -hea l and 1 Wlnpll I ...! e el b ,, ean lettere ir le : mom ,. ,: sa r) . l3„ f ,' . , the natives, as abotinding - n e __. w I t , „ v must remote antiquity, as well as na tie e ''''')si,ii e ,• kind, not nu hie or a very extraordinary r, 10, to t, , 4 11 b,_ "Y dilr traveller. 411 •n s to Edinburgh as soon as bis Cheltee -4li,lniv ' l ,gtroent eli, ses , w h ere he will doubtless La :lfhe e fe l : ite l'7 , n , il with -sticeess. ti,t e le , not,. with all its splendour, can certainly d how'a in 0 'II of earthly fashions, or mast ' that - 1 Itteilipt, since he pears so. long a -tail, piA lt l e , Itele_laele„,,. are cropped. . 0 i n 4 " r ei f ro " 'ald that the best way t preserve de nt, fee l , flies is !o wash theM with water i ''",."t, ho bees have been steeped. A corresP r, n . _ l 'Ote e ei `r, observes, rhat,it wriuld be i"P'tr to o t. tase ,ther theflies come _ from e e trie Wales, to eteen wash might operate as an increased t . I 6, 9"1 \1 it Yof Iv o . ere, te . coin, to a very considerable am aunt, t hei n ' 2 'd by the Custom- at Til 1111 ' - --( he 's l& 0001. tn e e de li r amount it is said, 1 . , future, house Otitcers te - riese eld °l t he Oflieers of the Line is, in s °lll ' and , exattly 'with that of the men, as to itilln,„ tortu i the only difference will be in the iy , ' 4 , the inate r . I t"'t eircurnst 14 kis ' d ead body . iiai ` fiat i to ._ ance of arresting a ~ 1 1 A titi.e , nacli a , disgust, that it might be expected " 4, 1 " 1 exp o ", uree'itor. nor ;Sheriffs' Ofikers would 4 te rApt b e s hemseives to public indignation anti ti e tt4l heat such a disgraceful procedure, if we Ili -e tt ' thou tl ev erY day o f trotting matches against_ Pi:,' 'isfrie rerY body who reads the accounts of 6 6 ' Lorin - t he Rickrs may suffer more than the 4 ote „rl,whe are' Made the•victims of . A .'. 4 elIC sad, bar. i "Is ". in beirio in an o _ . n was taken yesterday le„ \ Vo t e,: ti ews, New-toad, on the • body . of Henriat the Castle , e '' doe e I. who cut her throat mi Monday.night. In t 4 }l c t',.. t te 4 i , se i d . _ha t d pnce figured. away` 061 hindhe to w n beeou a , e s b ee ,. o ,tef ue. ",o hean . note ; but she kind had ie . . Ei he r .`'q, and distress of the worst CH 4 ‘°rnpare r • 1 She was ' ee e e l. -lon for severe months. . ; A 4l r''' firer bed With a razor in her right hand. I e l) r,.. *** .ilsani,„ I illi tt ``litt ly ev 7l i l tf; ere ef r . ning last, the tide on the Devon Ite e "be le °st the highest that has been witnessed. Iv e rttitia ory of ate any person now living; the wind s pit , l d ha ve ',''Y very tnoderate, or' the inundation n e 'e'l ee l "ee.n.severely fell ; however, it was at• L ai .4a, it : some 'alarm, paiticulaily to .houses near t e ' e l latie fI Y of which were deluged, end the in 141' beast } but of the back wiodows. The . 0 1' 'l) ' Neat the town . of Exmouth, was so corn. 1 IPAser,ceatborphosed as to leave no traces of its ''. t: wall ee t , l t e Preceding day ; and the pleasant el `," l , rett l 'ett was lately - made -. at Bodleigh Sal ' IC to r , L . ,, i of which was cut from an adjacent I ',,,?eta t er it more delightful, was carried into ' , "itt.h I. o rd -Nu is , i et kr or THE CLIMATE.—Mr. Ashelford, i s ere „ . of .I._ I r Dti, r :itet b io l . ' 4 . mol t , has in his grounds'apple-trees e g , I S wiih :mini for a second time this year ; ani tWsr als o , ''Plles tie them larger than a pigeon's 'tia s etood . , ltie t 0,.. clop. 'There is a Cherry-tree in ,b ' 'No In the same Si I It ke . . t hia 11113 1. I), . . • ~,.* iiiii d , °Pit ECy.—Npnrod Highs, of Vit t oi ig, te r , t•clarett , h it ii , aver bai revealed to him • 4 eli "at en e,. 4 1 ,, the de bed, i'lle, 4 oral ". t + (14a et Jung, tBI e, ed s 1a11 ' 441 ' indt , kikid is to ho adcom- 14 CRITO. co.,l:moA' COUNCIL, Yesterday . , a Court Of Comm o n Council. waslidi at Guildhall for various purposes. • , After some proceedings, upon ordinary b6siress, a report was read from the Committee tor General Purposes, respeeting the present state of - the. Ma nsion HouSe, and the necessity of -some alteration therein, for the accommodation of company resort ing thither on public 'festivals. This Report purported to be founded on the state ment of a Sub-Committee, to whom it was referred to view the Mansion-house, and to- report their opinion, &c. It stited, that the mode of ascent from the street to the suites of apartments appro priated for the reception of company by the present stair-case was inconvenient, and an some occasions dangerous ; and it. suggested, that those incon veniences rpight be removed by changing the apartment_ hailed Wilkes's parlour, and i:s anti room, into an apartment for the reception of com pany before dinner;. and also by appropriating. the present pining-room,- set apart for the Sword-bearer's table, to the like purpose ; and fitting up fo• the Sword-bearer the,room on the parlour-story, at pre sent occupied. for the recePtion of felons and va grants, at the rear of the Justice-room. It stated, that the whole expense those alterations was esti mated by the City-Surveyor at ;3501.; az it reborn , mended the plan for the adoption of the Court . . Mr.' DIXON asked a (potion, itatirktatis)g some doubt whether this plan had been recommernied by the City-Surveyor; be having understood from that Officer that it had not met Ins private appro . bation. Mr. Alderman IltiNTErt (the Lord Mayor elect) proposed, the" the City-Surveyor should be sent for, in order to declare his opinion on the subie6l. Mr ' D IXON declined to press the attendance of that officer but stated, that, mtwithstanding his 'own wish to give .every accommodation and Ile, cessary conveniences that, might be desirable to the Lord Mayor Elect, in whose W ish this project seent.'• ed to originate, yet h e could not give hi 3 consent to a plan, which was to deprive the Sword-bearer, and the other Gentlemen of the . Lord Mayor's House hold, of the room which had' been for so marl years approptiatc . d to their aeccimmodation, and sena them to dinner in the iiparttnent, which, every morning was to be approprioted to the reception of telons,,vagrants, and paupers and tus render them lime to an' inconvenietfce, not on thus render theni lianle to an' inconvelfletlc' not only nauseous and dirgusting, hut dangerous to then health, end even lives. He remetoered that one of the most rts pectable publioottkers . ever empl , yed by Lie Cor po!atton, merely passing hrongh that room while crowded will:, the description of persons that listial ly filled it, had . eanglii the 'iniec.ron of a fever, which shortly occasioned his death. For his - oAn patt,•liaving some tunes occasionaity passed through that room, heretofo e, n e on bosznes , , lie would rather walk a mile round to avoid it, that ) ever less through it again. Alderaan HUNTER said, there was not the slighteNt' ground for 'the apptehensious at the last speaker. The room in question nai, met, b en heretofore approprtated rot th- Marti Veal'er; and his removal to, another was till the result tit A tem porary . arr angement. By the alteration now posed, it was intended to tit up tnat apartment in a suitable style, for toe excluitbe accommodation tit the Sword-.bearer, and the Gentiemen of the house-. hold who usually dined at his table : and, in •lieu thereof, to.tp up for the reception of prkoners the room imntetltately'othoCr t he Justice-room, now use less;.and called the porter's 'Age; this to]cominu nicate, by a winding stair-case, :direedy with the Juitiee4i?oin which' 'would effectually exclude fe:Cins and paUpers from all connection . wit h the body of the Mansion-house. Mr. QVIN Objected to the Alteration altogether, as leading to an unnecessary expenditure of the City .revenues, It was understood that the new plan originated with t ate, b he the Lord Mayor elec much as he rospecied that woithy Magisti could not beinduced to sanction an useless expeo diitire of the public money, to vilify the taste or the fancy of that Gentleman in a way that none'ol big predecessors had ever thought necessary. On the question being put, that t the Report be agreed, to, it was hegatuved without a division. LORD MAYOR'S COACH. Another report was now read from the Commit tee . for. Genereil Purposes, respeCting the . present situation of the Lord Mayor's slate-coach: This se port was . tounded en the statement Of the"eitycoaCh . - maker, which represented, than on examining the vehicle, it was fdlltld that the ornamental repairs of it would cost $91.; and that, even after such repairs, it would be inadequate to the sAfeconveyauce of the C.hiet Magisti t ate•tor' the year ensuing; and it sug gested the necessity, of a new coach. '.1.1e Coin tnittee stated, that they therefore declined giving di rettions for repairs so useless and expensive ; but that they had ordered certain repairs to be made in the traces and harness, which, would , ansount to 451. ; . and they therefore submitted 'those circtirn. stances for the consideration and 4iredion ut • the Court. This produeed some Iminteresting discnssion which terminated in . the adoption at a reiolution, sending back thi4 report f 0 the Committee, with direelions to order . such reFairl in the state-coach As they should think necesSaty for the.prebent. LoRO MAYOR'S FEAST. Mr. MON stated, 'bat a most alarming rumour was currentihrough the pity, `whicirilad excited very considerable degree of solicitude and-cansterna • Lion; he meant Smong the-ladies. Upon. %%hat au thority this rumour was founded he knew 'not ; but he psennoned it now in- - order to give the' worthy, `Lord Mayor clett, to whom it clitefly applied, an opportunity either , of confirming the, report, .or of - dissipating the apprehensions it had excited. The rernour to which he alluded wits, that there Was to bra nn,public' festival at' Guildhall ,npon -the ensuing . Lord Maydeis day. The worthy Magistrate had, now an opportunity of setting the public opinion right upowthe Subject. ' Mr: Aiddtalill HUNTUR . he was happy in the opportunity of explaining this subject. to the Lord Mlorand to the assembly; and of asking for their s eniiinents artedireCtion., by which be ,bould most cheerfully abide. He was ready to aCknoW ledge that he had ,submitted his opinion to some Ge n tlemen of the Court, that , a t, i n consideration I of the melancholy state of 1114 Majesty's- health; it It.id been deetnea'righ-Oo.suspend the Lore Meyor's feast last year, the same motimought to produce a similar sugiensien on the approaehing.oceasion ; the more espeCiall) as it wag. understood, that if the usual • festivities should take place, the preSence Of no branch of the Royal Family, or of the .Members of Govern tnent and great Officers of State who usually attend ed., was to be expected, He had therefore suggested this idea to some friends in the Corporation, including the new Sherds; and he.had'prepartid acircular which be Meant' to have printed, and 'Addressed Ind:- vidnally to the sevetal - Members oldie Corporatiotr, in order to obtain their advice . . So far from wishing to spare his own pocket, he had concerted a plan, which he hoped would have been,equally grati.6ing to the Members of the Corporation and their fa- '• Indies, though .More expensive • to himself. The Alderman then read beth .papers, the purport of which was (after stating the considerations above mentioned for suspending the feast at , that, in lieu thereof, he, at. his own ekpenv, would give site dinnerS at the Mansion-house to the. Mem bers of the Corporation, and such others as were usually' invited to the feasts at Guildhall, taking cer; tain numbers In rotation; and that on the nights of such dinner days; the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayor ess would give a ball and sopper, at the Mansion house, to the Wives • and daughters of the Mem ba:; in such proportion ,e's to insure each lady tickets for not- less than two of such , balls and suppers. • • This plan was opposed. by Mr. DIXON, as trite, contrary to the 'old and established usage oldie City of London. He opposed it, not frern, any view to the gratification of the members of that assembly, but iron) a consideration that it would tend' to the disappoittment of many illustrious strangers, who were in hopes of witnessing the splendour and hos pitality of the City of London upon that ancient festival, which it was propoSed to Convert into a private entertainment of the Chief Magistrete, to whose succ'es'sors a ptecedent would thereby be esta blished, subversive to the ancient usage of the Cor poration, the observance of which they had a right• to claim. In the present deplorable state of his Ma jesty's malady, there was no reasonable hope 'afford ed of his recovery xithin any short period . ; and, if the two Houses of Parliament should, on that ap count, think fit to invest the Vrince of . Wales with .the full powers Of royalty, his Majesty's .illness would no longer be considered as a bar to that pub lic festivity, for the abolition of which, by the Car-. poration of London, the plan now proposed would go to establish a precedent. Mr. DonNyOlii) thought the Lord Ilayor's feast, ae9uildhall, was always produCtive of great trregto- Laity aiad, confusion, as well as inconvenience and injury.tO public business. The apartments and fur- ' niture were generally damaged, and the Courts of L-tw pulled to pieces; he therefore approved the • commutation proposed. Mr. WHEBLE thought it 'would be rather 'absurd, if not highly indecorous, to alter the established usage of the . CorpOtation of London, and suspend public festival on account of his 'Majesty's indispo sition when it must be rerollci-tom, that the Peened R4 . %t:111, bia &;ajesty's chest son, and whose private es well as public feelings must be deeply interested by the smile cause, did•not feel it a sufficient reason tot suspending the pablle festival . he had recently given, and' ono unparalleled - 'for splendouC and magnificence in the annals of this country. ldo knew of no injury or ineotivetlience arising . on :the occasion, at Guildhall, unless that of a few misera ble waiters pocketing, the fragments of 8 to to , Als, or an odd bottle of wine. Rut he always witnessed much greater irregularity at the kinsion House: •. • . Mr. 'Quit; 'decidedly, opposed the commutation suggested. It was an 'alteration originating in no legitimate authority ; and no Lord Mayor. had any, right, without the authority of that assembly, to de froni.the establithed usage. 'Tire instance first meotioned olt he splendid lace given by the 'Prince Regent, was in . dines oppOSitiOn to the change: pro posed, and the motives upon Which it Was founded. The Lord 'Mayor's feast, at Guildhall, 'was' . what the Corpdration had a right to expeti. The worthy Magistrate, inileed, ay .the alteration he. suggested, would make it a private entertainment for his 'seleal friends at the Mansion House. The company might,, indeed, be more relined, perhaps i there might be more 'of vertu and cognoscenti present-7-0w: floe figure and lashion--fmore grace trod elegance io the merry dance; but these were not the rcfitierhents sought in the good hospitalities of a Lord M a y or's :feast in the ancient City of 'Loudon. Besides,when, it was recolleded that the assembly WO so recently awarded an addition of [.SON). a-year to .the Chief Magistlatit, and revived the liceose.duties of Jew brokers, nut for his own private etnolument, but ,the better to enable him to support the hospitalities of his station, the assembly little expeCted to hear of innovations and alterations to-defeat this object and if an attempt was sUccessful to carry them into.. adoption., the assetnbty must think of economy too, and of treading back the steps of its liberality. The• worthy ,Magistrate„ however, had not only disclairn ed all idea of private economy; but•said, he .w.ould rather even greatly increase than his ex. peNios tor. the ,entertainment of his Itllo% -citizens. The idea was liberjl—and he would suggest a plan for the woitby. Magisnate's gratification..' It was nut only to give the usual feast at his oiatignration, otr . the 9th of November, with all the 'customary bplendour,but to .add another of the saroo kind in the course of.his Mayoralty.--(Hecirl hear !)- And he saw no reason • why the Sherds, for the present' year, „should te exempted from the usual contribu tions of their predecessors on this occasion Mr. Alderman Moen did not wish to be exempt from his tiali quota of the contribution usual with his predecessois on sach occasions. At the sifine time, be did not see the jristi::a of exaaing stieh. contri hutiens from thosei on whom the duties orthe shrievalty were impdsed :by' their fellow-cirlzens, against % their .wishes; and, who had no such 411(4.. ante as the Loril -Mayor. , . Mr. Sheriff IIitiGATF: stated, that' It vita. only wheo he was informed, of the improbability of the attendance of the usual illustrious company, and whew he retested union the Ain's hummed indis-. position., that lie thought the soggestion proper for the consideration orbit fellow-citizens. An 'Elon. Member was Mistaken in stating,:that. the Sherds had signed the letter ; they , had nut done so, nor had been asked to doisor For his own parr, he did DOI VllOl tO deviate twin rho usual custoti; or, by tlu proposad avoid the,cuqtranry eNpe3ci- ture, although he 'booed the Mayor, who had an adequalefallowatlce, .41iti that of Sheriff, were very - Mr. Alderman HUNTIik,, -rte«e of the assembly against his propi..sitoit, said, ti At pending the consideration . of it, the Comtninee fur Geneial Pu:poseshad given orders to rus; epcl t 'MOM .pre parations in Guildhall ; . he iherefoie to It it necessoT now to mOve, that diretS'tions be, g.ven to proceed with the. preparstions as. usual. . .Mr. 'Qum thought the motion unnecosFclry„ls no person was authorised to give nrders for suspending ihose.preparatiOni; anti at comae they inusi_ tie ccai sidered as proceeding in the ti 711,11 inanner. • .The.motion was, ;lot aod tell corTse‘v Atter some farther routine business, the Conti ad jpurned. , ' 111 E PLE/IME. COVENT-GAADEN. .TheneWdratha of Kamtchatka,. or The Slaves' TriVute, was much better leceitied on its second rer presentation,last night, and it,must be admitted that though it bas,not any very powerful recommenda,' tions to public, favour, yet it is much Superior to otany..sithilar produCtions, and in punt strongly in terests the feelings. We perceived last, night, that in our report of yesterday 'we ',spoke too unfavourably of the part of ,Benjou):. , ki., it does not .appear that he had used any art to captivate Athanasza, but that.,the Lady, with a forwardness which generally marks the fe male charatlers ,of KOTZgauu, hat suddenly con ceived a passion for Betijourski, and with the . same toywardness. had, without any ceremony, made him acquainted. with her ~feelings.-4t is sOtnewhitt strange, too, that the . governor,' with similar rapidi ty, decidt:t that.thc Count and his daughter should be tharried, without knowing whether the , attach mem was mutual, or whether the father had not a wife already. From the little disturbance which .took place on the first rePresentatioo of this piece,. we tind we were Mistaken to the motives of Ben:l4/44G in so hastily quilting the Lidy. 'He could not do otherwise without danger to . himself, and his friends r and he ,had seen ,the father and daughter recon. ciled., W . erflust, therefOre, again enter our protest against, the opinion of tl u diurnal Critics, who cell. sored this gait of the piece.' ' . . We cannot but di approve of the moi-aproMs ttodu4ion of I'lr. SINCLAIR'S Ira vuiv. W 11.1 all was ripe for a6tino; and there was danger lest the conspiracy sboUld be frustr3ted, one of the party stays to warble his sentiments alone ! It , would be easy to transfer this song to an, earlier past of the play, when the hope of e.scalai might have dictated and justified a 'presaging soliloquy, musical, or other wise. The play i 4, as wehefore said, very well perform ed, yyt we think that it Cu/taunt and YOUNG hail changed' akarativr4, they 'would IMO been better suited to their respet-tive powers. This we say, However, r6adily admitting that they both act. , httli, great ability. Upon the whole, the play "pi by no means deserving of the critical hostility that assailed it, and it is altogether very well cacti, lated to produce, interest and amusement. . • It was the intention of , Mr. KIMBLE to revive SH A KSPNAltiffi aillillrable play of Anthony and C/eo pqtra ; but as this is Mrs St nboNs's.hist season, it is hardly probable that she will study a new character. As She appears, however,. so great in all SHAK• 6PItAlt'S characters, and. as they only, with few tax ceptiOns, are worthy of her elevated powers, we might indulge a rk•asonable hope that she would kave as strong and varied an iniptession.as possible of her pre-eminent talent's upon : the public mind. - At the late Quarter. Sessions at Wakefield, in Yorkshire,, Thomas Bateman was indicted for ,tin is. sauli upon his wife. His Counsel objected to the case being gone into on the ground that husbands had, by law, a right to beat their wives ; that they could not be.tried for an.assault in such cases, but that the proper courae was to exhibit Wicks al the peace against them. The Bench recommended, and the prisoner agreed to enter into at tides to keep the peace, and he vas discharged. • • A !TATA oxr MvsTnay.—A singular adventure took .place in the neighbourhood of Leeds on Men day last. Between ten, an elet en,of the-morning of that day, as the daughter of Mr. Luke Royston was passing through a field adjoining Mr. James Brown's; Tentergarth, near the bottom of St. James's-street, she found a young woman in the field, apparently in great distress, with an infant in her arms ; she begged• that she would take the .child while she went to fetch a do6tor to her mo ther, who, she said, was extremely ill. Unsuspeet. int; any artifice, Miss. Royston took,the . chfld, and, after tying up a bundle, the young woman ran aft with.so much haste as to excite apprehensions that all was not right ; nod Miss Royston called after her to say, that if She did pot immediately return she would , leave the child on the grass. This threat for a moment arrested tie course of the runaway ; but, after casting a glance towards the child, she redoubled her speed. • Hoping that she might be indiaced to return by the child being Be. tudlly left in the field, it I,V3S placed upon the g,raSs, and Miss Royston went about her business to Little Woodhouse, a distance of about a quarter of a mile. On her teturn she found the child in the arms of.an oldelly woman, 'who had picked it up ; but the supp - osed mother had decamped, and has not since been heard of. The young woman who abandoned this unfOrtunato child, appeared to he about eithteen or twenty years of age, rather small figure, spoke. with much propriety, and was very genteel in her manners, though her dress ap peared mean ; she wore a grey , cluak, a m, bite shawl, an old-fashioned printed cotton gown, and, a drab bonnet, with a red artificial flower. The,,i-oundling„ which is a lovely gid,- apparently about month old, was elegantly_ dressed ; it had on a icing vvhite cambric frock, arid a ihoeepeemb teat, and, it. is at present, we believe, under the care of the, person who, fulled it laid, in the 'field. We have thougll it 'OO duty to state these circumstances rather roi.• nutely, in hopes that the child, ilstolen, ss its dress might seem to indicate, may be recovered by its parents ; ,.or if not, that the mother, may be'dis . - covered, and made sensible of her unnatural von duct.---(Leeds Mercury.)