The Sun. — London, England, 1804-12-29 00:00:00

r )on EniToit., 'OR 0 IRE Sr ;,T. tD i rop Humble Servant, J. S. F. The Royal Artillery at Woolwich, very mach to the honour of their feelings, have resolved not to have their usual entertainments this season, from "'Peet to the memory of the number of Inc young then of their Corps who have fallen victims to the fiver at Gibraltar. The numerous accidents by fire, occasioned by the' 'increase o f our inanufatiot ies, and by th,p ration of the hours of business or pleAure, In an ex. !ensive and luxurious city, have pressed ingenuity 'Motile public service, and engines are now built uPon u cunstruelion to proceed to.the scene of clan. Etr with the rapidity of a mail.coach. In France another contrivance has been introduced, which is Intended to-.accompany tliese machines : it is called Pnrtablr stair-case, and can be elevatedd-with the g re atest convenie n ce to t h e summ i t o f th e most lofty habitations, and by which timid persons, as Well, as the more age d and infirm, may descend with the eomposure and facility they would tread the s tairs of a n ordi nary dwelli ng . We hope to see this Useful invention adopted by the different Fire. j offices in the metropolis, As you have now abetter opportunity of indulging your correspcndews, by inserting their speculations in your Paper, than you shortiy will have when it will be occupied by the in. , re interesting Debates of P3rliament, you will greatly obl:ge the Writer of this by giving room to the follow ing question. Whether, if a: fresh silver coinage should take place, a new coin of ti.venty•one pence value might not be convenient for the retail trade in particular, and for the Public ill general The only observations I at present nuke are, that there is no existing single coin between one shilling and half.a.crown; whereas a piece of money of twenty-one pence value, would ex. ally divide the intermediate eighteen.pence; also With regard to our gold coins, twenty-one pence would bear the following proportion : three, equal to five.and.three.pence ; four, seven shillings ; six, half-a-guinea ; and twelve, one guinea. Should the Proposer of the above Question meet with your attention, by seeing it inserted in your Paper, and obtain the sanetion of the Public, by its approbation conveyed through the channel of your extensive Puktication, you shall hear mote at large on the subjkt, from your Theofoilni , int aithbristeal anachronisms were ob. servable on Thursday night, in the representation of the Tragedy of Richard the Third, at Drury. lane Theatre :—The scene used in the greater part of the 3d Aft exhibits two gross errors of this kind I— one of a figure of Henry the Eighth, which is vi. slide among the paintings on the window ,of the supposed apartrn.,nt—the other, the portrait, finely . framed, of a Watrior, with a shirt collar laid over his armour,. and otherwise in the style which pre. • "ailed about the time of CROMW ELL, and certainly •;did not begin earlier than JA M ES 1.---In a following scene the Lion and Unicorn are conspicuous on •the drums that announce the entrance of Richard, though ' 4ll the with! knows that JAMES I. was the earliest Monarch of England who used these supporters.-- Another error occurs in the dress of Richmond, who wear, the Garter. This is probably the custom of ' the Theatre, but it is plainly wrong. Richmond, as may be seen in Ammo e's History of the Order, was never a Knight of the Garter until he became SS as Sovereign ; and, allow me to add, it was not Probable lie should have been so, for he obtained the Crown about the age of thirty, and the Throne had been occurieci, for the four and twenty preceding • Yeats, by the enemies of his House, of which House he was far horn being the Head. As if to shew no less disregard to place than to' time, the scene of the Camp in &swath Field is bounded by a fair and goodly prosped of the Sett; with vessels sailing thereon, apparently at the distance of two or three leagues from this centre of the kingdom k Harlequin Quicksilver is an appropriate name for the new Pantomime, as it, is likely to run threuzb the 'whale fowls. • Master„ that . bewas able to leave his, bed, for the first time since his indisposition 'but he still remains under stria regimen. GIOINOTICHI, the celebrated Performer on the Violin, according to report, died lately at St. Pe. tersburgh, not as he was playing on his instrument, but at his favoitrite guile billiards. He was an ex. quisite performer, but so improvident, that if he had lived much longer his days would most probably have closed in indigence. The fall of Apollo, on Thursday night, at the Opera House, is said to have been occasioned by one of his Priests, who fell asleep, and tumbled upon the Altar. His brethren of the Choir thought he was dead, and in their alarm forgot pour Phcelmr. The DUKE of CL ARS NC e has intim/MAKI a wish, that YOUNG. Rosctus and his family should visit His Royal Highness at Bushy Park, as soon as the health, of this youth should permit him to travel 'su far. In answer to a Letter from His Royal High. nese on this subjeB, Dr. PEARSON has stated, that You No Rose rus will be able to go abroad in a very few days ; but that in order to secure the puled re-establishment of his health he must, for some time, conform to a certain regimen, particularly including an attention to moderate, regular living. The Royal Duke, whose solicitude is in unison with that of the Public, for the restoration of the health of Master BITTY, has promised not to pro;sose the smallest deviation from the rules prescribed to his Pparents by Dr. PEAR SON. M aster B ETTY, t h ere . ore, and his parents, are expefted at Bushy Park in the coarse of next week, wheri" he is to_ remain for a fortnight. These Is no probability of his re. liPpeaiiece at Drury -lane Theatro until rise latter end of January. It must be acknowledged that BONAPARTE la a men of letters, for he favours his official channel, fbe Moreitestr, with Corrupt/dr/fee from all parts of sturor. es r and the whole is the offspring of his-own pen. PAS /SIAN PASIIIOn The shape of the back of the comb varies aCentril ing to the taste of the artist, or of the litgetnte who wears it. Nothingcan he more whitnsic. 4 t and capricious. Some arc in imitation of . an accolade, a shuttle, the letter S; in short, any shape you please is the fashion. A few sorts of materials are fashionable for a Lady's dress ; but the shape, 'the colour, and the tissue,. vary infinitely, even a mong L . legantes of the first class. At the Spena cle, every box presents a different fashion, and we may justly exclaim " Tot capita tot :emus." In general, spangles, tinsel, anti every thing glar ing, diamonds excepted, are proscribed. Good taste and the :races appear to superintend the toi lette of most of our Elegantee, and a fine shape is snore than ever the fashion. The ladies, when they visit the Theatre, wear a great coat, which they take off ups's() entering their box. The greatest mark of attention which a Beau can pay to a Belle is, when he perceives the Piece drawing to a close, to fly.to the Lobby, place himself at the door of the box, and assist the fair one, as she cornea out, to put on her great coat. At a late representation of the Opera of The Barden, at the Theatre dre one Beau was observed, in the course of the night, to assist thirty-five .filegautes to put on their great coats. He is now considered the best bred man in Paris. A well dressed Beau wears a coffee colour cloth coat, lined with white silk, steel buttons, and steel sword, an embroidered silk waist. coat, and culotte of the same as the coat, or of black silk. The bag and powder are not even acridly ne. cessary with 'this dress, which we often see stn. mounted with a Roman head. THE LEADERS IN F/IS'IIIONABLECARRIAGES. IT has been often asked to whom is the town in. debted for the present taste in the building of car. riages, and who it was that first introduced blood horses into our modern coaches: a species of refine. ment unknown to our ancestors, who were satisfied with the cart breed. To accommodate mit Readers we subjoin the following, account of the rise and progress of this fashion, vouching at the same time fur its accuracy. The late Mr. ST, JOHN CHARLTON Was sup. posed to .have the greatest taste in building car. riagea of any professed amateur of the day : his judgment in matching colours was unrivalled, of course, he was resorted to both by the gentleman and the tradesman to learn his choice, and take his diredions in the projetted improvements. He could not avoid manifesting his disgust, when he saw carriages painted a dark blue, and picked out with red, or red picked out with drab, and lined with drab cloth, with red and yellow lace. The PRINCE of WALES, who now ranks at the head of the leaders in the fashionable carriages, in. trodueed the patent yellow picked out very fully with black, with linings of drab cloth, and black and yellow lace, finished with red Morocco reclin_ ing cushions. This style was so much admired, that in Tess than six months from its commencement not a fashionable carriage was to be seen of any other colour, and it still continues as prevailing as ever. To the PRINCE we are likewise indebted for the present fashion in the make .of carriages, thus re lieving us horn the state of barbarism in which our dashing vehicles were plunged until the close of the last century. - The Marquis of DONEGAL ranked next on the list for the nearness and elegance of his carriages_; in fad, he was the first who introduced the black bodies, and carriages with silver or gold orna- , menu, and scarlet linings with yellow Morocco squabs. The late Lord BARRYMORE was the first who sported blood horses in carriages. In the spring of the year 1792, Rotten.row, he made his grand intrar in the ride, where every one was running cha. riot and coach horsy; and immediately on his en. trance he overturned Sir JohN LADE in his curri cle, which gave the worthy Baronet so great a dis. gust for that kind of conveyance, that he for several years has discontinued their use. We shall close this article with the names of a few of those who have great taste ; they will not have a carriage built which is not extremely light, and with colouis in pedal unison ; namely; the Earl of Ssurobr, Countess DE Haunt., Lord Fa. LEY, Colonel VAUGHAN § Messrs. T. CHAMP- NgyA, WALSH § PORTER, J. BUTLER § and M. P. ANDREWS. New York Papers say, gl that the late Indiana Gazettes have contributed to remove the alarms from the portion of Upper Louisiana, which had been subjected to the temporary Government of Indiana. On' tl►e zi September, a Committee, at Genevieve, declared in favour of an entire submission to the Congress, and in support of the authority of Gover. nor HARRISON. At Louii, in the Distria of Up. par Louisiana, twelve out of the seventeen Repre. sentatives appointed to meet in that place had as. ambled, and taken the oath of allegiance, reeably to a proposal made in their Assembly ; a►►d on the first of October, Governor W. ft. HARR PION is. sued his Proclamation, by which the DiatriCt of Louisiana is to be divided into live Districts, and bounded; the first including all lands above the Missouri, called Charles, The second, called Louis, saving the Mississippi on the North, Platin Creek on the South, from its mouth to its source, thence on a west line to the fork of the Merrimac, called Arnanean, and down said fork to the Merrimac, then up said Merrimac to the Upper Settlements an that river, and then on a west line to the western line of Louisiana. The third, called St. Genevieve, on the north upon the Distriet of St. Louis, and on the south by Apple creek, - from in junetion with the Mississippi to its source, and then upon a west -line to the western boundary of Louisiana. The fourth, between the above and that line which has separated the jurisdiction of Cape Girardeau.and New Madrid, called the DistriCl of Cape Girar. dean. The fifth, all that part of the Distriet of Louisiana which Jies below the District of Cape Girardeau, to be called the Distritt of New Ma. drill. The seats of justice are at the places from which the Distriddi derive their miner." PtIEZLIArc. The Public are sofHciently acquainted with - the sensation produced by the unfortunate Duel in which Geocral HAMILTON fell, and the grief which his death occasioned in America. In several 'of the States Resolutioos . against Duelling were entered into, and a general spirit was excited against a praCtice which had risen to a height which threaten ed to be attended with consequences utterly destruc tive of domestic peace or public tranquillity. The following is the .Memorial of the Repre sentatives of the State of South Carolina on this subjth : " Your Memorialists are deeply.impressed with grief at the prevalenCe of the custom of Duelling, which, trampling upon all laws, human and divine, sweeps off many useful citiiens, leaving their fami_ lies, a prey to sorrow, and often to poverty and ' vice. " That this custom originated in dark and bar. berm ages, when a regular and, impartial adminis. tration of justice was unknown, and unpradited ; but it ought not to be tolerated by the Civilization "of modern times, under a legislation which has pro. vided, or may easily provide, adequate redress for all serious injuries committed against the life,. liber ty, fame, or property of the citizen. . . " That this custom emits a tribunal for the set. tlement of personal differences, in which, contrary to all sound principles, a man becomes the sole judge in his own' cause : whence, as might have been ex. pedei from such a code, the only punishment for the lowest, as well as tht highest offences, are written in blood. " That the restraining personal resentment, by giving the attribute of vengeance to the laws, was, the greatest vidory obtained by civilization over barbarism ; but the custom of Duelling is too well calculated to defeat the beneficial' effeds of that triumph, an 4 to weaken the authority of all laws, by accustoming men to contemn their sanctions. " That your Memorialists are apprehensive, from the frequency of the praetice of late years, that this custom is gaining ground, and seems likely to be carried to such great lengths, as to degrade men to the condition of gladiators, and to introduce a new reign of barbarism. " That from the nature of the human mind, men are ever ready to follow examples, especially t hose set by eminent persons ; when therefore the body of the community perceives great, and in - other re. spells virtuous citizens, shedding each other's blood on slight provocations or trivial pretences, the fatal pradiee becomes general. Thus the barriers be. tween virtue and vice, innocence • and guilt, are broken dawn; and 'that horror of shedding human blood wantonly, which is, the best safeguard of the peace of society, is greatly diminished, or wholly destroyed, _ 11 That in countries where distinCtions of rank are sanctioned, a pernicious custom may exist, and be confined to the higher orders of society, and be, comparatively, little destruCtive; but that, in out country of equal laws, rights, and rank, such cus. tom, if unchecked by the laws, will necessarily be. come general, and spread its destruCtive effeets far and wide in the community, to the desolation of thousands of families. " That this mortal vengeance is not resorted to merely in cases, of grievous injuries, for which the laws may nut have provided an adequate ; remedy; but in many cases of trivial offence, which a gene. rous mind s*ould willingly pardon, this tyrant cos. tom is supposed to impose an obligation to call out to the field of blood even 'a companion or :friend who may have unguardedly given the provocation. " That this absurd custom ,decides no right, and settles no point ; as the religion and philosophy of: modern times will not admit that the Almighty Ms. poser of events will interpose his power on such an impious appeal to his justice, which the creduli t y o f tht Gothic nations b e li eve d when this cuitoni existed among them in the form of judicial comba r. It is,4bere. fore, conceded universally, that the Innocent and ag. grieved person is as likely to be the vidim as the guilty offender, and probably more so, as a mild and peaceable man would be less inclined to acquire or exert a murderois skill, the effedi of which he abbot's, " That the pretence of those who'would excuse this custom, on the ground that ; it poll,hes society, and prevents assassination, is wholly tinfounded, al the most polished nations of anlient titnes- 7 the Gre cians and Romans, and, the most humane and civi lized national modern times, the Chinese, have en. joyed Society in perfedion without the adveoti.. *tom a 4 of this pernicious and unnatural custom; which, though in dired hastility to the principles of Christianity, prevails only in Christian Europe and America. " Your Methotialists have been informed, t h at although the commo n l a w of the land declares ho. micide an a duel to be murder, the law has become' obsolete and a dead letter, Th at a ll .t h e d ec i s i ons in our Courts of Justice have . turned wholly on t h e fairness with which the d u el was condeded, and' Verdicts of Acquittal, or Manslaughter, have con. vainly been rendered,, - Thence arises the necessity, for a clear and explicit - expression of the Legisla. rive will, on this important subjed, guaranteed by new and vigormis sanetions. " Your Memorialists, therefore, humbly pray that you's. Honourable Houses would be pleased to take this important subjed into your most seri. out consideration; and that you would in your wis. dont provide such remedies as may effeduaily destroy the evil pradice complained of, by regulations , wisely calculated to proted the fame and feelings of the innocent and insulted person, and to punish ri. gorously the bold offender who shall dare to lift his hand against his neighbour, and shed his blood in a Duel, in violation of the divine law, and the law of his country." On the night of Sunday sennight James. mown, merchant, was attacked by two men hetWeen the toll...ba r at the head of Otirbala, Giiiir)W s and the Fire-works, and robbed of his pocketAinok, con. taming upwards of tso pounds in cash and bank notes. Tile villains, when they rattle up to. him, seize! ; him by the arm', tied a napkin round his eyes, and his hands behind his bill, and. threaten ed life if he any resistance, PuciLis,ll. V'esterctar pitctied battle *is robght ¢n StA G,eorges-row, Paddington, between lianket - , wilt) claims the appellation of a pogilist i and Brown, e coachman. This fight was decided on in the Pngi.. listic School On Wednesday night, and yenterday morning a ring was formed..t—soon after which the, Champions entered with their Seconds, Tom Jones. and O'Donnel. At the commencement of the fight bets wore itt favour of Hanker, who in the fiat round received a clean straight hit, which shattered his nose se verely. The second round was well fought, and also in favour of Brown... The third MUM! changed the betting materially- 7 :6r Hanker mceived so se. were a blow, which laid open his 'envie, that it was doubtful whether he would be able to face his man again. lie, however, fought with spiiit and skill.in the fourth, sixth and seventh rounds ; abet which it was evident that he wag much inferior in strength to his antagonist, who tvlts declared tile victor b y ► the veteran Joe Ward, in the 26ih roond j after fighting forty tninutes. Several eventlemen' amateurs were present, as also moat of the pugilist* of the day. POLICE. MANSroN Housß.--Yesterday a complains wade that a shop in Threa,ineedie.straet, within two doors of the Wateh.tivuse, hadtieen robbed, and a' watchmen) had given inforrnstion that he trtd seen the goods deliberately For into a coach, at three o'clock in the warning, and cnried off: 'f be 011icers are in search of them. Gur LorsALL.---Yesterti:ty the master of the Swan with Two Necks, in 'Lad-lime, was---summoned by a Gentleman, before the Sitting Alderinan, whose cuinid a int was, that two hares .hail been sent to him from the country the day before Christutas.d4y, and had not been delivered according to the direction, " The White Horse The master, his bookkeeper, and porter?, Nov. ed their being sent to Piccadilly, agrectibly• to the. direction ; but they would not be received it the. Cellar, and were left at the White Horse opposite, and the Gentleman informed of the circumstance, who, refusing to pay the carriage from Lad-lane to Piccadilly, they remained there. The- master said, in holiday time he never allowed any par. eels to be delivered until the coach arrived at hits house, the final destinatioh, to prevent vine being lost. The Alderman thought the defence was so extremely reasonable and fair, he could on!) , (bred' the Gentleman to pay the carriage, and receive hi. hares. Yesterday at the Public Office Marlborough., street a hackney coachman, of the name of Goby, was charged with an attempt to extort money, and with behaving insolently to a Mr. Slni(ll,'his passenger. The Prosecutor called the Defendant, from his stand in Tirchileld.street, on Wednesday evening, and orde.red him to drive to Great Marl.. borough.street. Having seated himself in the coach,' the Defendant drove btf towards the New Road at full speed, and in spite of the Prosecutor's entrea. ties. h e persisted in 'giving him a cOssalry 12, 4 „1 . ,.,,,_, It was not until the vehicle was obstructed that the Proseeuror could extricate himself,' and on doing so,' sintraanideinegommit te d his - fare, H e was d etained, and the Magi.' the coachman followed hi m to the' Poli ce Off ice, de. him to the House of Correcrtiou for seven days, and ordered that he should be pub, litly Whipped. It is remarkable that the celebrated invention of the VaCCiue Inoculation has hitherto eecperiencet., Very slender patronage in Ireland, even amongst, t h ose ti,ost qualifi e d to. estimate the i mportance o f 'this gieit discovery. Atnong the great bulk of the community in that part of the United ' l (ingtioin, we Understand that it has hardly, ever been heard of. By the last Dublin Papers we are happy to nod that this sUbjett bas, however, at length been taken up in 4 quarter Which cannot fail to facilitate its general diffu, sion throughte):: otfhewchnitcTitrity.t, 1,0-.4roargdeLieutenant 'has put himself at the head of art. Institution, the t i t )r ie u a i n c a ss i e n d a tl i t ) t i -ii power, the ,adoption of this easy a ri d safe mode of preventing the ravages tl f the Small-pox' . A number of very respeaable Gentlemen have been al)pointed to carry the views of the In int* complete effect in Dublin, an d it is likely thar., laudable an examplew ill be foll owe d all Over Ireland .:Alexander Campbell, a pedlar, in Cupar rife, 'lately made two successive attempts to put a period to hi s lif e first with a sword, and that riailing, with a razor. Still, however, the wounds were nut fatal. Th e M ag i strates had him removed to a comfortable apartment in the Tolhooth, where, ha.. languished. several days in great pain. Every me. ,he a l aid was rendered him. Flit,apartment being immediately tinder the town clock, the striking o f it agitatedliim to such a degree, that he uttered tite most agonizing shrieks. , On Wednesday evening a Seidler of the gimerit, under pretence of inquiring for damaged bread, endeavoured to carry off two loaves from rhos shUp of Mr. Strains, baker, in,St. Dunstan's, neap Canterbury. In' consequence of being internpred, he, h owever , d ropped the same in the' passa ge of the house, and, thinking himself not observed, came back to accomplish the aO, M hen he was take n into custody by Mr. Sprouts, who'had watched, ex— penittg he would return for the ptirpose. Last week . tfie wife of Mr. Dolby, uf Boar-lane, I,eed s ; finding herelf.very sent fo r h er si s . ter, Mts. Mitchell, wife of Mr. Mitchell, of Lott dingden, neat' •Ha:ifax, to attend her: her sister had nut been long in the house before Mrs. Dolby was delivered 4:4 . t:vo children. . ell who w as also far advanced i n a stat M of rs preM itchgnanc , became very w 111, a n .l is in l ess ' t h an an blur deli. verettof three t;hildten. echilc!ren were all either 'born de e d, 'or within :tip lrtheir" birth, b ut Th e i r mothers ' are both Its ter afa fair way ofiFooyery.