The Sun. — London, England, 1822-09-11 00:00:00

__ .... . ...... 495 , .... ......... . ................ ..... .. .... ........ IN, SEPI'II. or V 0 0; lg.l 4 I 6.21' 3 31 - 3 104 ivd. fra n 7 uly, 1627'. a nsf , 31011— 2 1514' 11 G erms f3" 4 , Ind re a ece r Ptif f Jai st ate i ne 1111flu' a joate ether, ----deserted by those, whom his constancy to his and their religion has probably been the mnean s of preserving f rom the calam i t i es t h at h ave fall " upon himself,—and the wonder is, not that his f ury is occasionally ungovernable, or his actio ns sometimes tinged by frenzy, but that he a t all is capabl e of coolness in the preparation, or .1 self-command in the execution, of his enter prizes. t.extract a Letter from Messrs. WILKIN and Co„ Agent „ to Lloyd's a t S myrna , d a t e d A ugus t 2.] A cc ' l. e hav e just seen ' a copy of a document addressed by the c 7 fr 'l i stri an naval C apta i n on this station to the senior British at th r, with a despatchdo not of the Austrian Government enclosed, not acknowledge the Greek blockade in any way 'er ; and order the Captains of their ships of war to pro tect theit merchant flags against violation by the Greeks in all :3” ; stat ing, at the s a m e ti me , th a t th e or d ers are th e resu lt a mutual arrangement between France, England, and "tr ia, and that their ships of war are to act in concert to en °ree this d etermination. These documents we can vouch for 4 , A s s being authentic and - official ; but none other than the 14 11 . 1 ' ia n , have received any communications from their Govern_- 0 :1 the subject." [Prom the New Brunswick Papers.] 'lle accounts from New Orleans state, that it ‘t o as getti ng sickly, and that the Mayor had re nrirnentied th e remova l o f a ll t h ose w h o cou ld - lake it convenient. A great portion of the po -11)1114tioz) h a d a l ready left the city ; the weather IT t (' been excessively hot.—The accounts from av annah state the deaths in that city by yellow I tver to h e 10 to 10 per day. (Extract of a Letter from Vera Cruz, July 3.] t o ‘ : The new Emperor is particularly disposed ' 4 o,ur th e A mer i can Ci t i zens, as t h e laws o f A le l ' ln Pire prohibit e d th e ex p or t a ti on o f s p ec i e . nAnle rican appli e d t o th e E MPEROR t o h ave th e 1)1.1 l °libi tion tak en otr , w i t h regar d t o A mer i can , ,1 ‘ a t i : h e imm e di ately or d ere d a repeal of the ye l aw. Ills friendship to the United States - Y be hailed as a good omen." or b y OF YOR K ' S LEVEE.-Yesterday th e D u k e his 1-„ 0 ,,,"( held a L evee as C omman d er -i n -Chi e f, at , Ice in the H orse G uar d s , w hi c h was at -14,e," by Lieut.-G enera l Si r Th omas Hi s l op , '"Gen Sir t, eral Sir W m . L um l e y, Li eu t.-G enera l I ' i- etlt• 114 Y Macle an , Li eu t.-G enera l C og hl an , Na—General Chowne, Major-General A. Bar- Ma jor -General Egerton, Major-General and about twenty other Officers. l tq c e A sterday the Duke of YORK and the Duke i, ANIII IIII;GE visited his MAJESTY. t.l‘l.‘iie Loan CHANCELLOR, the Duke of WEL °TON and the Duke of DORSET had audiences er v th e WI G yesterday. ' esterdNay a Board of the Lords of the Treasury A s'Asi, W - "eld at the Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, whi ch the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 4v.S Present. atr Liv f , • CANNING, after his brilliant _reception at ToN;r,P°,°l% Proceeded on a visit to n AeIh.eLITTLE "Ir. ii "' St affordshire. From thence he was to dine n°l:teN's, at Birmingham, w co uet time h e ha s leep on Monday night; and by this Yis -e "as Probably reached tow awih leur, CHATEAUBRIAND,. ac . c n o . r a din fe g w to da t y h s e , h Was expected in Paris in t o ere he' would remain a short time previously iPtreceeding to Verona. l an l aP i Pears that the messenger, bearing the me teattii?. thi irigs of Lord LONDONDERRY'S death, pro ceed s brother at Lintz. Mr. GOItDON had 14ord SEE "1 to that place from Vienna, to meet tio il to R T, on his return to resume the func- NVtl S °f iliS Embassy . Aft er some consideration 4 ltt term ined to it was d e de his Lordship s h ou ld re t urn to England, otl ) att ended proceed ; and Lord S by Mr. GORDON, reachd Vienna tl ecea i s e e : 24l ult, e l even days after his s brot other s T he 44' Duke Of CAMBRIDGE twice visited . the Ili,l4llrket Theatre last week, and Ills Royal . pit',lloess, attended by Colonels RENNETT anti 2\ 4 . 1 ,i ' ' honoured it again with his presence Iviiy 'light. it. 1, -, obse ;--'4ERY.-NVe are pleased to find that this 14 1.1 -I%Pti°ll is likely to be increased very much li(dd the Present month ; great expectations are b „ r itiz e , tl i t % h at a message from Carlton Palace .l w '4.lie-a„,'Lau tidings to this disconsolate farm r" PeT "ilt is at present inadequate to provide tor hopec`ablY for the whole family, and we t lei( Ar. p the public will not relax until it days, f roth It Pe ack nowledges, within a few _ .s 1100 "ra CAritasr,E, 10 A .''itt, of brur -lane Theatre, guineas ; from M N i v s . 2, guineas ; 110'' il ' n ' r ; „W• ft 1 ' 1.; and an additional subscrip: '441%4. .four g'ilineas from the trades-people i - ,1 A;Ikr.OTTE: DENYS. R.C. &C. S(iti,l"g Other munificent acts of our beloved 4re i„.11"1.) during his short stay among us, we L l4 st y inbeing able to state, from the very leighablir,t,.,itY, that an officer's widow, in the 'etrior,-7flood of Edinburgh, having sent ina 11 11.) 4 ,, a t to his MAJESTY of certain pecuniar y , 14 col;saesns4'ents which she was labouring under, tiri f L '" "ce of the loss of her husband and 11104,1e'sos,- risr:',,hildren, after a long and expensive Proddi. th "IAJESTY immediately transmitted her effect ot ~teugh Sir Wm. KNIGHTON. The C . 4t rivai eg , by the sudden and almost unexpected 1, 1: 1 t he 0 ,1 1 i t' : .° 50/. notes at the humble cottage ' ''aris ssr essed wid ow s er'b ' may be • d than de and her helpless or , ed . more easily conceive tile har, A friend of the lady, who witnessed Illak, t-Py and affecting th ...fl own th scene, is authorised to J e writ e goodness of his MAJESTY . ; and . il ow iienr,of this most. cordially joins with the Ulpss hi_ 7,,her children in saying, ,On 1 "1 „ • ---(Ricalisntb,urgh Observer.) " May God qr.. ) . etir s d a , 4111kIleile, PAlt.N:ce,„bb lii,lcher, were elected Jurats ; Mr. Michael Joh clime!, vo l. Cock e a nd llr. Wm. Elwin and borerek, , t',l the Town' f or 'n?,l,s q. and P IIIn t John o l v ir e o r r . sfo s l u d n , d C a o y m l n a t s o t n Was elected 1 1 . 1ay o o r r of the Town and Port of the Year ensuing. MR. C. FYSHE PALMER-JOHN BULL. [From a Reading Paper.] " At a Meeting of the Members of the Sub scription Billiard and Reading Rooms, convened by public advertisement, on the sth instant, for the purpose of taking into consideration certain paragraphs in The John Bull newspapei, the following proceedings took place : " Upwards of thirty Members present : " The lion. DAVID ANST RU T HER, President, in the Chair. " The following passages from The John Bull, of the 18th of August, were read . . _ Mr. C. FYSHE PALMER was in the Billiard Room at Reading, between twelve and one o'clock on Tuesday morning, when he said to Dr. MITFORD, of that town, that He should have a dinner at the Crown on the occasion, with a haunch of venison and turtle, and lots of punch r This he repeated seve ral times, adding, that it should be a regular jollification.' " ' Mr. FYSHE PALMER subsequently addressed himself to an individual present, and asked him to make one of the party. This person feeling himself insulted by such an invitation, told Mr. PALMER, that `he as much detested hint as he did his character and politics, and wished that his punch might choke him.' " Mr. FYSHE PALMER, incensed at this rebuke, required an apology, which sews refused. " Lest the incredibillity of the above statement should make it doubtful to our readers, we beg to observe, that there were in the room amongst other witnesses to the affair, the Hon. Col. ANSTRUTIIER, Capt. PRICE, Mr. TuPrIN, Mr. THOMAS TANNER, Mr. BULL, and Capt. Rica.' So far the John Bull; now comes the.firct:— " It scar satisfactorily proved to the Meeting, that at the time mentioned, the Gentlemen after named, and those only, were in the rooms—viz. Mr. FYSIIE PALMER, Dr. MITFORD,Captain WoopuousE, Capt. HALL, Mr. THOMAS TANNER, Mem bers and a Mr. NICHOLAS BULL, introduced as a visitor. " It was also proved after the most minute inquiry, and by the distinct and positive evidence given by the several Gentlemen above named, with the exception of Mr.Nic lIOLAS Bu ( with whom the Club has not had an opportunity of communicating), that it is true, that at the time specified, some discourse did take place regarding the death of Lord LONDONDERRY (the intel ligence of which had just been received), but, that no such ex pressions,propositions, or observations, either in words or in sub stance as are stated in The John Bull were uttered by Mr. PAL MER to Dr. 111 =onto or to any other Gentleman on the oc casion ; and that no dispute, altercation, or even an unpleasant word passed between Mr. PALMER and any other individual pres( nt. And each of the Gentlemen above named separately, and distinctly, declared upon his honour, that he had not, either directly or indirectly, communicated, or instigated, or been in any way wilfully or knowingly instrumental to the paragraphs in question being inserted in The John Bull newspaper. "This Meeting, therefore, after the most .deliberate inves tigation, unanimously resolve and declare THAT THE PARA GRAPHS IN QUESTION, IN TILE John Bull NEWSPAPER, ARE TOTALLY UNFOUNDED IN FACT, AND ARE A DIS GUSTING EXAMPLE OF MOST GROSS, WILFUL, AND MALI CIOUS FALSEHOOD. " Bat, that as all the Gentlemen present, when the supposed conversation took place, except the visitor, Mr. NICHOLAS Bu LL, have denied both that any such conversation did take place, and that they were in any way instrumental in the proroga tion of the scandal contained in such supposed conversation ; it is but just to the character of Mr. NICHOLS BULL, that lie also should have the same opportunity of giving a similar denial; and, that to this end the President be requested to address a letter to Mr. NICHOLAS BULL, soliciting him to favour the President with his answer to the same questions as have been proposed to the other Gentlemen ; and that the President do report to the Club the answer when received." We understand that our Government have been extremely active in adopting the necessary mea sures to seize the person of the Spanish merchant and his English associates (and we are sorry to learn that he has some) who have committed the extensive fraud in Lima, by forging the signature to bills of lading of some of the Captains of British vessels of war bringing specie from Peru. It is believed that the Captain of the Superb, whose name was among the forgeries for a large sum, laid a full statement before the Admiralty, and orders were immediately sent out to the Captains of the British ships on the South American sta tion to get hold of the depredator. The Spanish Government have also been urged to join in the measure, and from the liberal manner in which the Authorities in Lima seized the person of one of the parties, in order to bring him to condign punishment, no doubt is entertained of the New Governments on the Pacific also contributing to promote the ends ofjustice.—(lllorning Chronicle.) The emissaries of the blasphemous Press have been exercising their vocation recently in this town. We have observed a placard posted up of a cheap publication of the Koran of Mahomet, as revealed to him, bearing the name of the wretched Carlile. This school of imposture and sensuality has just lost its most daring and plau sible advocate in the unhappy Shelley, whom a writer in The Morning Chronicle designates as " the divine, etherial friend of the human race," and pathetically exclaims, God bless him! over one who proclaimed that there is no God ! and lived,when awfully arrested in his impious career,in open violation of his laws. The notorious Hunt, more wary than his namesake of The Examiner, disclaimed all connection with this infidel crew ; and, on his trial at York, actually wept at the imputation, whilst he solemnly denied any acquaintance with Carlile ; complaining, that " it was not enough that the Reformers should be accused as traitors to their King, but they must also be branded as rebels to their God." John son, his quondam friend, now reproaches him with this very piece of disgusting hypocrisy ; and reminds him of Carlile's being officially invited to the Manchester Meeting (where his presence was stoutly asserted to be a Ministerial fabrica tion), and of his having dined at Carlile's own house in London. Can any thing more be neces sary to open the eyes of those deluded persons who have been Hunt's apologists and interces sors ; the ready believers of every tale of slan der, when directed against those entrusted with the execution of their country's laws !—(Hull Advertiser.) COTTON MANUFACTURES.—During the last week there was imported at Liverpool 16,441 bales and 300 serons cotton, the largest quantity, we believe, ever entered in the same time. This trade is truly astonishing, and in some instances unaccountable.—Some hundr e d s o f boxes of goods are, we observe, returned from foreign markets, yet the Alfred of 300 tons is now ready to sail from Greenock for Ja maica, literally crammed with dry goods. The quantity of cotton yarn which is now shipping; to the Continent is tr u ly sur p r i s ing. One house here shipped fast week from Leeds 20,000 pounds, and only a few days ago we observed in one shipment 30,000 pounds and several cwts. The yarn thus shipped is, we understand, of the very fine s t qua liti es , a su bj ect deserv ing the serious attention of our cotton manufacturers. To give an instance of the fineness to which cotton is now spun, we can state as a fact, that the price of a single pound amounts to M. 19s. 6d. (above leo times the value of the same weight of raw material, which may serve to give the public an idea of the extent and value of the cotton manufactures of Great Bri tain), and even finer qualities are now being spun. The waste from this kind of spinning is so well prepared, that it is sold for its full value for other manufactures, so that the spinner of such fine qualities has no loss.—( Glasgow Paper.) Yesterday week', the son of Burrows, the hang man of Chester and the Welsh Circuits, was committed to Chester Castle, for stealing ducks; on the following day his father executed the convict Lewis Owen, at Carnarvon, for the atro cious highway robbery, near Llanrwst.—(Chester Cottrant, Sept. 10.) FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Hon. Charles Vesy, at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Hastings, Sussex ; Mr. and Mrs. Ruthven and family, at do., from a tour ; Miss Burley, at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's street, from a tour. DEPARTURE James 'Macintosh, Bart., from Fen ton's Hotel, St. James's-Street, for Ilerts ; Lord and Lady Morpeth, for Castle Howard; the Earl of Egremont, for Don caster, Yorkshire ; the Marchioness of Exeter, for Richmond ; Sir Charles and Lady Burrell, for Doncaster, Yorkshire ; Lord George Williain Russell, for Woburn Abbey ; Mr. and Mrs. Dalzell, from Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Scot land ; Hon. and Rev. Champion Dymoke. from Jordan's Ho tel, St. James's-street, for Lincolnshire. Pas iiIONABLECHANGES.—The Marquis of Chandos, from his seat, Wotton, Bucks, for Abington, Hants, on a visit to his father, the Duke of Buckingham ; Lord and Lady Morpeth, for Castle Howard, Yorkshire, on a visit to the Earl of Carlisle; Earl and Countess Stanhope, from Paris, for Vienna; Earl of Egre mont, for Doncaster, Yorkshire; Lord Carrington, at his seat, Wycombe Abbey, Bucks, from a tour; the Marchioness of Exeter, for her seat at Richmond ; Sir James Mackintosh, Bart. from Penton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for his seat in Herts ; Sir Charles and Lady Burrell, for Doncaster, Yorkshire; Earl Breckn wk, at his father's, the Marquis of Camden's seat, Bayliam Abbey, Sussex, from a tour ; Lord George William Russell, for his brother's the Duke of Bedford's seat, Woburn Abbey ; Heathcote, Esq. fur Normanton Park, Lincoln shire ; Hon. Charles Vesey, at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Hastings, Sussex ; Hon. and Rev. Champion Dymoke, from Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street, for his seat in Lin colnshire; Mrs. George Cowell and family, for Cheltenham. Arrivals at Seaton Carew since the 17th ult.:—Dr. Pannel, Mr. Jennett, Mr. Todd, Mr. Stanwix, Mr. Thornton, Mr. 0. Gibson and daughter, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Williams, Miss. Ba'ker, Miss N. A. Metcalfe, John Allan, Esq., Mr. Gamlen, Co .nsellor Haywood and family (from Wakefield), Miss Ro entree, Mr. Ridsdale, three Misses Ridsdale, Mr. Newton, Mr. and Mrs. Harding and family, Mrs. Potter, Mrs. H. Lamb, M ss Jackson, Mr. John and Mrs. Dixon, and family, Mrs. Woodward and daughters, Messrs. C. and H. Hutchinson, two Misses Pallister, Mr. and Mrs. M. Watson, Miss Laing-, Miss Sanderson, Dr. Dixson, Mr. J. Stagg, Mrs. and Miss Alderson, Mrs. and Miss Canny, Mr. and Miss Philpots, Mr. and Mrs. James Dove, Col. R. Murray, Mr. J. Atkinson, Mrs. Cole and daughter, Mr. Coser, W. Wilson, jun. Esq. Mrs. Wilson, Miss Metcalfe, Mr. John Wood, Mr. Wm. Ventress, Mr. John Hut chinson, Mr. Thos. Armstrong, Thomas Shafte, Esq. Dr. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Bawling and family (Leeds), Mr. and Mrs. Parker and family, Mrs. Wilson (Eaglescliffe), Mrs. Wilson (Stockton), Mr. Musgrave, Mr. and Mrs. Thistlewaite and family, Misses Brown, Mrs. Chilton and family, Miss Williamson, Capt. Moralee, Miss Atkinson, Mr. T. Sharp, Captain Fenwick (Stockton), Mr. C. Martin, Mr. Cass, Mr. Pomfret, Miss Preston, Miss Nelson, Mr. Thomas Craddock, Mr. Heslop, Miss Craddock, Mrs. and two Misses Beckwith (Trimdon), Reverend Mr. and Mrs. Starkie and family, John Hogg, Esq. Mrs. Hogg and family, Edward Backhouse, Esq. Mr. Dearman Robson, John Backhouse, Esq. Miss A. and Mr. Thomas Robson, James Backhouse, Esq. Hiss A. Backhouse, Luke Hanbury, Esq., Mr. Potter and son, Mr. H. Gamlen, Mr. Robson, Mrs. Ingh,mi, Miss Todhunter, Mr. R. Wilson, Mr. Win. Stamper, Mr. John and Mrs. Atkinson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Green Atkinson and family, Mr. Thos. Backhouse (York), Miss Brown, Miss Forster, Mr. Morales,' Mr. W. Newham, jun., Mr. Fabree, Mr. and Mrs. Ball and fa mily, Mr. and Mrs. Beaumont and two sons and three daughters (York), Mrs. G. Gibson, Mr. Davidson, Mr. P. Henry, Mrs. Taylor (Norton), Mr. J. Christopher, jun., Miss Christopher, Mr. Botcherhy, Mr. Robert Lamb, Mr. John and Mr. Dixon and family, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Watson, Mr. Sheraton, Mr. John Crawford, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Crompton, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Carr, • Miss Walton, Mr. W. Sotheron, &c.—Depar tures—General Aylmer and family, Mr. Stapylton and family, Rev. D. Peacock and family, Rev. Mr. Cust and family (Dean of Ely), Richard Blanchard, Esq. and family, Misses Bates, Messrs. Hutchinson and families. STATEMENT of FASHIONS for SEPT. 1822. From the last Number qf tlw LADY'S MAGAZINE.] WALKING DRESS.—Round dress of fine India muslin, or namented round the border with a full and broad puckering of clear muslin, surmounted by a row of buffont puffing. Spencer and reticule of blush-coloured Bros-de-Naples. At the summit of the bust run two bands of the same material. The manche rons and cuffs fancifully trimmed with bands to correspond. Scotch bonnet, of the same material as the spencer, lined with white satin, with a bow of blush-coloured satin riband on the right side. Mob of Urling's lace under the bonnet, with a full double ruff of the same material. White kid halt' boots, and lemon-coloured gloves. EVENING DRESS.—Round dress of metallic gauze, the co lour of the ripe apricot ; ormented at the border with rouleaux of satin, in festoons, at the points of which are bows of satin in rosettes : beneath the festoons, next the hem, is a flounce of gauze set on in scallops. The hair arranged ala Ceres, with a profuse wreath of harvest flowers, intermingled with gold and silver wheat ears. Pear pearl ear-rings, and necklace com posed of small pearls, twisted. Weighty gold chain, to which is suspended the Holy-rood, or Mary Stuart's cross. Over this dress is often thrown a blue silk scarf, with variegated border. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridce, attended by Colonels Keate, Rennett, and Pratt, was to leave town this day for the Pavillion Brighton. The Princess Sophia visited the Duke of Cambridge yes terday. The Duke of Buckingham is entertaining a party of friends on a shooting excursion, at his seat, Avington, Hants. WINDSOR, SEPT. B.—The Duke of Cambridge and the Du chess of Gloucester arrived at Frogmore, from Bagshot, yester day. The Princess Augusta went with them to Bagshot Park to dinner, and in the evening her Royal Highness returned to Frogmore.—This morning the Princess Augusta attended Di vine Service at the new parish church, Windsor.—The Earl and Countess of Harrington arrived at the Castle on Friday evening. THE KING'S ACCEPTANCE OF RELICS OF THE PRE ' TEND E R.—We have noticed the respect that his MAJESTY bears to every thing relative to the Royal Family of the House of Stuart. The King has many relicts of them, and to these he has now to add another, presented by a lady of this city upon his recent royal visit. We are forbid to mention the lady's name, NA lo belongs to a highly respectable family, and has been alluded to in works connected with the events of 1745. Prince Leopold was presented with a ring which belonged to Mary Queen of Scots, by the same lady when he was in Edinburgh. —His Majesty wished to obtain a dirk that had belonged to Prince Charles, but tile chieftain in whose possession it was, having declined to part with it (as we have heard), the lady alluded to declared her intention to present a knife, fork, and spoon, which had belonged to the Prince, to his Majesty, if he visited Scotland. These relics were placed in the hands of Sir Walter Scott, to be presented by him along with the gift of the Sisteri of the Silver Cross. The King received them most graciously, and desired his warmest thanks to be conveyed to the lady, with the expressions of his regard for every remembrance of the " unfortunate Chevalier," as he called him. At the Drawing-room and the ball, the King took particular notice of the lady, and always speaks of her present in a manner which shows his esteem for tile donor, and the high value he sets on the gift. The knife, fork, and spoon, are of the finest silver ; their handles are richly embossed with the thistle, and tile ends of them are adorned with the rose. The letters 44 C. S." are shortly and conspicuously marked on them. They were manufactured in Holland, and consequently are impressed with the Dutch plate stamp. They were con tained in an old case, which the lady intended to have re placed with a modern one of Morocco leather, but his Ma jesty's good taste preferred their ancient garb.—( Eginburgh Observer. ) The following Bill is stated by a recent tourist to have been absolutely delivered for beautifying and repairing the ornaments of a Lutheran Church at Hamburgh : To mending the Ten Commandments. To a nose and three fingers to one of the Robbers on the Cross. To scouring and brushing Pontius Pilate. To half a breast for Mary Magdalene. To cleaning the sky in the east, and adding sundry stars: To putting a new feather to the cock of St. Peter. To cleaning and painting the High Priest. To burnishing and brightening Hell-fire, and providing tails and horns for two Devils. To strengthening the chains of one of the damned. To beautifying and ornamenting some of the Elders, and stringing their backs on frames. To supporting one of the Apostles. eil,ie 9". 94..; 1 e L '.."......?4, 1 4/ - i ( , , , ‘,., ;.... r5\ 4, 4 ,,, • 1. 1- :. , ..., . \ V'e , \'..,..'•7;'-4_ ' ..7;59 ' Pe.. sue t --.....-.• -..." ,-( .." .....-- I' ' 01 1. 44 , ', ' S' :1:e - - -'' i l / 2 ,V. qc '*A 1 1, OT g ...„-- 1 . ------- ~.„ ~, , E,\ .v l d A 44 POETRY. THE EVE OF BATTLE. And what am I who thus can choose. Such subject for so light a muse ? Who wake the smile, and weave the rhyme, in such a scene, at such a time. Mary ! whose pure and holy kiss Is still a cherish'd dream of bliss, When last I saw thy bright blue eye, And heard thy voice of melody, And felt thy timid mild caress, I was all hope—all joyousness ! We parted--and the morrow's sun— Oh God ! my bliss was past and done ; The lover's hope, the husband's vow— Where were they then ?—ah ! where were thou? Mary ! thou vision lor'd and wept, Long years have past since thou hast slept Remov'd from gaze of mortal eye, The dreamless sleep of those that die , Long years !—yet has not past away The memory of that fatal day, When all thy young and faded grace Before me lay in Death's embrace. A throb of madness and of pain Shot through my heart and through my brain ; I felt it then, I feel it now, Though time is stamped upon my brow; Though all my veins grow cold with age, And o'er my memory's fading page Oblivion draws her damning line, And blots all images—save thine. Thou left'st me—and I did become An alien from my house and home ; A phantom in life's busy dream ; A bubble on misfortune's stream; Condemn'd through varying scenes to rove, With nought to hope—and nought to love. No inward motive, that can give Or fear to die, or wish to live. Away, away ! Death rides the breeze ! There is no time for thoughts like these. Hark ! from the foeman's distant camp I hear their chargers sullen tramp ; On ! valiant Britons, to the fight ! On ! for St. George and England's right ! Green be the laurel—bright the meed, Of those that shine in martial deed! Short be the pang—swift pass the breath, Of those that die a soldier's death ! NEW MARRIAGE ACT. The following Notice is now circulating about the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster; and a similar one is spread in most parishes, particularly within the Bills of Morta lity : Notice is hereby given, that before BAN:xs of MARRIAGE can be published in the church, the new Marriage Act requires that both parties, the man and the woman, shall make afhdavit before the Minister of the parish, or one of his Majestys Justices of the Peace, stating truly their christian and sirnames, the houses in which they reside, either as occupiers or lodgers, the TIME they have dwelt therein, and their AGES. " As the names of the persons whose bans are intended to be Published are to be fixed on the church door, and also in the church, before the publication, it will be necessary that appli cation be made early in the week either to a Magistrate or the Minister of the parish : if to the Minister, it is requested that the applicants will call at his house ( here giving the address), before ten o'clock in the morning, every day in the week, Sun day excepted. " N. B. Unless the marriage is solemnized with three months after the publication of bans, the bans must be republished." It thus appears that the parties are not absolutely compelled to go before Police Magistrates or Justices of the Peace. The Act empowers the Minister to administer oaths for the swear ing of affidavits. This, is in fact, the mode adopted ; both the parties, or, as the Minister of St. Margaret's call it, " the man and the woman," proceed to the Minister's residence, and swear the requisite affidavits before him. WOODEN WICK'D CANDLES. [FROM THE AMERICAN FARMER. London County, N'a, illarch lB2'. • To THE EDITOR.-Sir, I have taken the liberty of in dosing you the result of an experiment made in the use of can dles : one of which was made with a wooden wick, the other in the usual way with cotton. The candles were made at the same time, moulded in the same sized moulds, exactly equal weight, both set on fire at the same moment, and placed upon the same table. That which was made with a wooden wick lasted seven hours, the other five; affording equal light. The size of the candles were about six to the pound, the wood used was a part of a cypress shingle, and prepared after the following manner, viz.— The wood was split to the size of a rye straw, and made round, so that the coat of cotton which was applied, might be more easily put on by rolling the stick upon a card which con tained the cotton, and which had been previously well carded. The stick was then rolled upon a table, to cause the cotton to adhere closely, and then was .about the size of a common quill ; it was then placed in the mould and the tallow poured in. The stick must be somewhat longer than the mould, as the candle must be drawn with pinchers. Agreeably to the foregoing experiment, a pound of candles will last forty-two hours, when they would only last thirty made after the usual way. One pound of raw cotton is sufficient, with the wooden wick, for 1601bs. of candles. Another great advantage in using die wooden wick is, that the candle will not fall in warm weather, nor will it be so easily affected by the air. If you think proper to give the above to the public through your widely circulated and very useful paper, I shall be pleased ; convinced as I am of the great advantage which will be derived from the use of wooden wicks generally. The idea is not original with me, bat derived from the first volume of The Domestic Pticyclopceditt, page 499. LADY ELIZABETH HASTINGS.—OH the death Of GEORGE Earl of HADDINGTON, his sister, Lady ELIZA BETH HASTINGS, succeeded to a fortune, not so great as to be called splendid, yet sufficient to enable her to afford an illus trious example of active goodness and beneficence. She fixed her principal residence at Ledstone-house, Yorkshire, where she became the patroness of merit, the benefactress of the in digent, and the intelligent friend and counsellor of the surround ing neighbOurhood. Temperate, chaste, and simple, in her habits, she devoted her time, her fortune, and the powers of her understanding, which were of a high order, to the be nefit and happness, of all around her. " Her cares," says her biographer, " extended even to the animal creation, while over her domestics she presided with the dispositions of a parent, providing for the improvement of their minds, the de cency of their behaviour, and the propriety of their manners. She would have the skill and contrivance of every artificer used in her houses, employed for the case of her servants, and that they might suffer no inconvenience or hardship. Besides providing for the order, harmony, and peace of her family, she kept great elegance in and about her house, that her poor neighbours might not fall into idleness and poverty , for want of employment ; and while she thus tenderly re garded the poor, she would visit those in the higher ranks, lest they should accuse her of pride, or superciliousness." Her system of benevolence was at once judicious and exten sive. Her benefactions wore not confined to the neighbourhood in which she lived, to many families in various parts of the kingdom she gave large annual allowances. To this may be added her munificence to her relations and friends, her remis sion of sums due to her in cases of persons in distressed cir cumstances, and the noble hospitality of her establishment. To one relation she allowed five hundred pounds annually ; to another she presented a gift of three thousand pounds ; and to a third, three hundred guineas. She acted also with great liberality towards a 'young lady whose fortune had been nearly lost in the South Sea scheme; erected and endowed four charity schools ; gave one thousand pounds for building a new church at Leeds ; besides leaving at her death, many considerable sums for charitable and public uses. Yet will it be believed ? the whole of this lady's fortune fell short of three thousand pounds a year ! THE ARM Y. It is understood that Lord EDWARD Sommt. SET will be appointed Colonel of the 17th Light Dragoons, vice General DELANCEY, deceased. Lieut.-General Sir GEORGE WALKER, G.C.B. is to suc ceed the late Lieut.-General Sir HILDEBRAND OAKES, Bart. G.C.B. as Colonel of 52d Light Infantry. Major-General Sir DENIS PACK, K.C.B. is to succeed to the Colonelcy of the 84th Regiment, vice Lieut.-General WALKER, appointed to the 52d Light Infantry. It is also understood, that Lord Hui. will be appointed Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance, vice the late Lieutenant- General OAKES. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAr., SEPT. 10.—Wind S.W.—Came down from the River the Demerara packet Venables, for Demerara, and sailed with the Milford Indianian, and the whole of the outward bound, except the James, Smith, for Africa. Arrived and sailed for the River the Sophia, Reynolds, from Bengal ; Britta nia, Sleep, Grenada; Matilda, Johns, Havannah. lIALF.PAST Six.—Put back the Demerara packet. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 10.—Wind S.—Arrived his Ma jesty's ship Forth, from the Eastward; and the Royal George yacht, ditto ; Arno, Proctor, from Leghorn. Sailed the Ze phyr, Arrowsmith, for Honduras ; Thetis, Williams, Cape of Good Hope; Mercury, M‘Nally, South Seas ; Adams, Coffin, South Seas ; Orpheus, Findlay, Isle of France ; Fame, Nutt, Gibraltar ; St. Lawrence, Douglas, Quebec ; Quebec Packet, ditto ; Woodman, Ford, New South Wales ; Woodburn, Foreman, Africa ; Jane, Morley, America. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 9 —llhid W. S.W.—Put back the Nautilus, Mitchell, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 9. —Wind W.—Arrived the Danish brig Favourite, Sason, from Porsground ; Camden Packet, from the Islands, left St. Thomas's the 9th ult. Passed the port for Bristol the Eliza, Ree, from Petersburgh. The Virginia, Burt, from Barbadoes to Antigua, was lost the 'oth July on the Saints. The schooner Industry, Wayford, of and for Exeter, from Newcastle, foundered off the Gulloper on Sunday evening last during a strong wind from south ; crew picked up by a collier and landed here to-day. EXECUTION OF LEWIS O'P'EN, at Carnarvon, for the Robbery, and attempt to Murder Mr. STURDY, Supervisor of Excise. Our readers are acquainted with t h e trial and conviction of the above unhappy culprit, at the last Carnarvon Assizes. On Wednesday last he paid the forfeit of his life to the outraged laws of his country. His demeanour, from the moment of his conviction, appeared truly contrite. Through the kindness and humanity of our worthy High Sheriff, W. L. Caldecott, Esq. his personal comforts so far as was compatible with his safe custody, were most ample—and every facility of access was af. forded to his spiritual advisers. The Chaplain to the jail, the Reverend Mr. Owen, and the Reverend Messrs. Trevor and Williams, were indefatigable in their zeal and constant at., tendance. The Chaplain preached the condemned sermon on Tuesday to as crowded a congregation as the chapel in the gaol would admit • on the following morning, the High She riff', and Deputy Sheriff, John Ellis, Esq., attended by the jave lin.nien, 28 special constables, the Staff of the county militia, with several of the County Magistrates on horseback, appeared at the gaol, and the unhappy man was placed in a cart, accompa nied by the executioner—his coffin was also placed on the cart, on which he sat to the place of execution, at Morfa Sciout, about a mile from the prison.—The number of spectators could not be less than than 12,000 ; their conduct during the awful ce remony, bore a pleasing contrast to the riotous and tumultuous uproar exhibited on these occasions in more populous dis. tncts ! The unhappy man addressed the multitude in the Welsh language chiefly, in the most feelingand pathetic manner, during which the sobbings of the assembled multitude were loud and universal.—He ascribed his melancholy end to habits of drunk enness, the profanation of the Lord's Day, and the company of abandoned prostitues. He prayed fervently for a considerable time after the Chaplain had prayed with and parted from him, concluding with the Lord's Prayer ; in short, his conduct throughout evinced the greatest fortitude; he was launched into eternity about twelve o'clock, without an apparent struggle. his unhappy mother visited and took leave of him in the pri son, previous to his receiving the sacrament.—( Chester Cou rant, Sept. 9.) OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. —This morning the General Quarter Sessions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery commenced in Justice Hall, Old Bailey, before Air. Justice PARK, Mr. Baron GRAHAM, the RECORDER, the LORD MAYOR, the Bench of Aldermen, &c. The Jury being sworn, had the usual charges given them, and the arraignment of prisoners then took place. The Calendar is remarkably heavy, there being nearly 400 prisoners for trial, among which are three for murder ; three for forgery and forging the Goldsmiths' Hall mark; a great number for burglary, house-breaking, and highway robbery ; the greater majority on the lists are for capital offences, and the larcenies are very numerous.— The Court was crowded to excess, as the case of Brooks, the Attorney, on a charge of forging a bill, was expected to come on, but it was not on this day's list.—The trial of traversed cases came on at ten o'clock, and the Court was oc cupied during the morning with them ; they in no measure possessed the slightest degree of pub lic interest. CORN EXCII4NGE, SEPT. 11. There were but few samples of New Wheat at market this morning, and no fresh Arrivals ; those samples which appeared sold at th;.: same prices as per last market day, but good Old Wheat was more in demand ; fine New Barley was scarce, and fully maintained last illonday's prices.—ln all other articles there was no alteration in the prices. HOP INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK, SEPT. 9.—Our market has not been very fully supplied with new hops thus far, still they do not meet a quick sale ; many of the samples appear unripe, while others are particularly fine and bright, so that upon the whole we think we are justified in expecting the growth will generally be of a good quality. The duty is at 200,0001. MAtnsToNE, SEPT. 9.—The picking has now become ge neral in these parts, and from all quarters we learn that the quantity quite equals, if not exceeds, what the grounds were previously set at. Six and eight bags per acre are quite com mon, and some grounds, we understand, will even yield 10 and 12 bags. Of the quality there is a great difference; some are particularly fine, but many of the samples will, we are given to understand, be but indifferent, the mould and flea having in.. fected so many of the plantations. The hops now are in fine condition for picking ; the early picked ones have produced but poor samples. We have net heard of any being sold in our market on Thursday.—(lla&stonc Journal.) The Commissioners who are appointed to in quire whether the Boards of Customs and Excise in Scotland may not be dispensed with, and their duties be transferred to a Central Board in London, will begin their investigation in a few days. Some of them are already arrived, and the remain der of the Commission will be in Edinburgh in a short time. It is supposed that a resident Commissoner from the Central Board will be stationed in Edinburgh, who, with two others from Scotland, will form a Board for expediting business, and corresponding with London. About fire o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in the Hop Oast belonging to J. Ellis, Esq. situated at Wateringbury, which in a short time destroyed the whole of the building, together with a quantity of hops drying on the kilns. By the promptitude and zeal of the pickers and inhabit ants the flames were prevented from extending to an ad joining stowage. The Fire Engines hastened with the greatest alacrity from Maidstone, but previous to their arrival the roof of the building had fallen in and smothered the flames. The building and stock were, we learn, insured in the Kent Fire Office.—(Maidstone Journal, Sept. 10.) _ _ Some weeks . ago, a boy, in the neighbourhood of St. Andrews, set a bantam hen with eggs, expecting lier to hatch a fine brood of chickens. Going one morning to feed his favourite as usual, he found she had deserted her neswand was no where to be seen. In the course of his search he entered the byre, where he heard an unusual combination of sound issuing from under the cow's stall. To his surprise he beheld the bantam, with her wings spread over the backs of three nice kittens, which the cat had produced the even ing before. She appeared to be making great exertions to quiet the objects of her care, hut they did not seem to relish the attentions of their new nurse.—(Dundee Paper.)