The Sun. — London, England, 1804-10-04 00:00:00

II YES To HORATIO LYN; OCCASIONID* lIIS tPIGRAM ON ?Ht !NIAYT i.OSCIUS, INSERTILD IN An EVENING FAPYR Or TliL 13TH ULT. CSKSOR I whose beam of penetrative thought Discerns no touch of Nature passion-fraught, • In K LE'S keen and guilt-revblving eye, • Ot CooK Z's dark sneer of lurking subtlety: " Grimness of aspen"" all the praise they claim, Their sole pretence to histrionic fame ; 0 be thy brow whit ivy garland grac'd, The first in judgment as the first in taste ! Hail nano-m4nla of a restless age, Whose wide contagion wraps th' Avonian Stage : A thousand wonder-loving eyes behold • The !wedeln vast magnificence unfold ; And to a thousand wonder-loving eyes A pigmy Hamlet swells his puny size. The shade of GARLIcx lifts the rev'rend head. And where Na trod sees buskin'd BOYIIOOO tread : Sees Genius, whose meridian strength appears Bright in the vigour of experienc'd years ; Now in the zenith of its fame display'd, From childhood's earliest glimmirings feebly fade. - Shall it be said—but false the presage prove ! Nor such deep shame the scorn of manhood move; Let not the Nation's curious vice degrade. Her Bard's dread scenes to apish masquerade: Nor.the shocyd gaze incredulously strain, -,• And search the monarch of his Muse in Y.llll. Say that no stately loftiness of mein In CARRICK'S fOrm rose tow'ring o'er the scene; Still o'er the scene the glance deluded ran, And still bchcld " AsseititNet 07 AIsIAN I" k 3 u t lio'vy Shall Rtaion own eh' illusive charm, :When 'vengeful Richard rears an Infant's arm; Or Fancy hail amid the blasted wild A very Glamis in a very Child ? f.Ge, sapient Critic ! —with observant stare ISee . agile Rlcir tit vault sublime is air /outlet thy grave acumen pleas'd pursue • Thelimb light-springing on th' astounded view ! Co ! and the Faxtcecilli race admire That glide elastic on the viewless wire ; And mark. some puppet Gloster's tiny rage Up-propp'd in tiptoe grandeur shake the Stage! Let such the field of thy researcheebe, .Such novel trickeries are worthy thee . ; Where on the Critic Bench judicial plac'd Expound the dogmas of thy baubly taste : And vet'ran Genuis puerile despise TIM charms the tasteful and informs the wise. ENNIUS. * Rut he'shews passion"; finest feature, They but assume an astra grim. EPIGRAM. + These ideas Were suggested by the very excellent Letter of Ca./To, inserted in the SUN (August 30th,) whose reason ings Mr. WEsTokt, of llirminglimn, has attempted to invali date, by verbal Criticism, flippant irony, and rhaps.rdical exaggerated verbosity. ' nth Tst lATR It.—The Comedy of The Poor Gen. th'itsan wat teptetented last night at Covent Gar. den I. 4 heatte before a numerous audience. FAW CETTN 011apod is a very diverting performance, and to his credit it may be said that, often as he has played the charader, he does not render it more extravagant. MUNI) lIN'S Sir Robert . Bramble' is also a good piece - of acting. We advise the Perfor. hers, however, not to be so anxious to divert each other as to entertain the audience. Mrs. MATTOCKS was evidently 'very much indisposed, and therefore could not render her part of Lucretia Mac Tah as conspicuous in the piece as usual. &ie. *Vs Stephen Harrowby is a good compound of dry humour, as well as simple rusticity. Lewis was ‘' u cc'rnmonly spirited, and looked peculiarly well Fredetick Bramble. This Play is recommended )7 sc ents of m o r a l i nt ere st , as we ll as di vert i ng h u. mo r , od may rank with the best efforts of the ingenious Author. Mrs. POWELL'3 complaint was a very severe rhtutnatism. She has been trying the effect of warm sea-b ulling, and is much recovered. Monday se'nnight, as the young Row tus was performing the part of Hamlet, at the Sheffield Theatre, anti' Mr. Hr tv that of Horatio, the latter 'Gentleman stepped upon a •trap,' near the hack part o f t h e S tage, w hi ch had been incautiously left unsecured, and he instantly fell through a sPaee of more than twelve feet. A large hook caught she sleeve of his dress in his fall, which it, in sonic measure, broke, but lacerated his arm shockingly. He was taken up with very little hYrnptoms of life, Medical assistance being on the 'CM, he was immediately bled, and carried home to his apartments. The Money Gatherers who are travelling over t i le k ingdom in order to collcEt Subscriptions for Sir tolt"e".o BURDETT, have contrived to pick up a and Ts are n . livelih oo d i n t h e i r pecuniary p eregr i nat i ons , 4 . t WlttlOpt hopes of being able to secure a st'lll4 a gt r rl2l .ioir for their lives. We trust, however, there /nen• to is too much good sense among English. fogy, admitof their reaping such a harvest of I An Anonymous. Writer• declares that Sir FRANC ts r ukti e err never s p o k e to D EsPARD i n pr i vate i n hi s , and only met him twice in public. But why is this statement to depend on die declaration of an ~Illonymous Writer ?—Why does nut Sir FRANCIS 44 , URDIITT say so himself ?—The Anonymous Writer Is verY confident on this subjee.t, because he knows . th at dead :nen tell no tales. ' . W. The British c Rh s Merchants en gage d i n Commerce -Pain, arc c o m pare d w i th Barrolv.rtulmen con • ..e p rned in the Ora nge T ra d e. W hat must b e t h oug h t u.,' a Print ' t h at can thus contemptuously speak oaf n! most respeftable body of men on earth, the aletchants of Great Britain ? il it ; .s strange that the appearance of a shark should . _ave excited surptize at Brighton, as that place dur. Lng the Summer is the constant resort of sharks as 'veil as of grageolti. The bla ck •'; "travellers, 1 . ' " in Dumbarton Castle 'as living in a lead cistern ,i r I dted last week, suppo,tAl from a bight, • 4 "tr 'lei" co ti. 8 nfined there u twards of thirty year It Wej h I . 1 , atm. ~ th e ged about two the. and was quite 4"y a v fuvutli, TILE bUTCH PAPERS. PARIS, SE PT. 26.—We have received the Lon. don Papers to the Bth' September. Tutkey is no..v . the chief object, of the attention of Politicians in England, .as well as in France ; but the Eogli , h Writers affeet to look upon the Porte as the centte.of the indigoes of some Foreign Courts, and to con found France with Powers more interested in the sub version of the Ottoman Empire; that is to say, Russia. and England ; nay, even the latter should be except ed, if its Government could cast a look into futurity, and had the sagacity to foresee the inevitable dis. asters which it prepares for the commerce of its country, by lending a hand to designs which are scarcely any longer asecret,al though the Courts of St. Petersburgh and Turkey still preserve the semblance of concord. The condo& of the Russians in the Se ► - ven Islands, throughout the Mum, upon the fron. tiers of Servia, and even that of their Ambassador at the Porte, sufficiently reveal the intentions which they would wish to dissemble until they are strong enough . to overawe Europe, in case they should nut, be able to seduce some of its great Powers. In thee circumstances, it , is asked, what can be the intentions. of. the Court of Vienna ? That Court can no longer mistake its real interests, so far as direftly or indirectly to favour this vast usurpation; to give itself, in the place of a quiet Ally, more intent upon preserving than upon aggrandizing itself, turbulent neighbours, an Empire just in the dreadful vortex of its aggrandizement, a People in the vigour of youth, and who, hemming in Germany on ail ,ides, would shortly leave her without either re source for her commerce or security for her existence. SCHI EDAM, SEPT. 28.—Several of the Diploma_ tie Corps, who have of late been absent ftom the Hague, are shortly expe&ed to return thither. The following is copied from the Dtpartrnentale Grldersche Courant of Sept. 25. " A private letter from Hamburgh says : We are busily employed here in dispatching all English merchandizes to the German Territory ; since it is generally thought that the Russian Troops will effect a landing in that Em pire much sooner than had been expeCted. From the side of England, we are also led to expect an Alliance between Gteat Britain, Russia, and Swe den—and probably Denmark." On the 18th, about two o'clock in the afternoon, a Division of the National Schooners of War, con. sisting of 'eighteen, each mounted. with three 30. pounders, four B.pounders, and one 24. pound howit zer, and t Is hands, French and Dutch, sailed from Flushing fur Ostend, where it safely arrived at twelve o'clock the same night. During their whole passage they kept out of the reach of the English Division, which was much stronger. Much iodise is given to the Officers commanding this Division, for the nail tieal skill which they displayed on this hazardous occasion. ROTTERDAM, SEPT. 24.--TheKtNn of S.WEDIN IS arrived at Strahlsund, on his way to Stockholm, after having spent more than a year in Germany. In some of the Italian News .papers it is asserted, that the long contested island of Malta is to be given to Russia, in pursuance of an alliance concluded be. tween England and that Power. If this be confirmed, we shall no longer be at a loss to account for the operations carrying on in the Seven Islands by order of the EMPEROR Of RUSSIA. On the aoth Sept. the French EMPEROR and Da. Pttess arrived at Mayence. The EMPRESS went thi. Cher by water,and was received with great ceremony ; the EMPEROR disappointed the populace, by arriving at the same time by land, and proceeding to his Palace through an unfrequented street, accompanied only by his Guards and two Regiments of Cavalry. FRANKFORT, SEPT. t 9 misunderstanding between the Court and the States of Witiemburgh, still remains unadjusted. The public attention has again been recently directed to it, on account of the support publicly held out to the States by the Hereditary Prince, and that even after he had ab. sented himself from the Country. The following Letter of the 21st of July ult. is addressed by him from Paris. to the Privy Council and Chamber of Finance at Stutgardt. 44 TO THE PRESIDENT, ViCE.PRESIDENTS, AND PRIVY COUNCIL - LORI, &C. " The circumstances in which our Country is placed must have engrossed the whole of your attention. We think it incumbent upon us to lay aside every thing personal to ourselves; had not an enlightened and impartial Public been long since convinced of that necessity, and the justice of the steps, which in consequenCe of au unfortunate misunder standing with the Prince our Father, we have been com pelled to adopt, they would no doubt find our justification in the nature of the present events. Though we feel no in clination to insert the motives that have led to that. step, we cannot, however, forbear from a public declaration of our opinion respecting the present state of things : " At a moment when the interpositions of the French Go vernment (which foe the liveliest gratitude on our part) had brought about the long reported Convocation of a Diet of the Country ; at a moment when the French Government enter tained with us the pleasing expettation, that by this means would be re-established that confidence between the Ptince and his Dominions, so essential w the welfare of the Coun try ,• that the rights of the Prince, and the privileges ofthe Subject, would be confirmed ; and that legitimate measures would, with one common consent and co-operation, be adopt ed, in order to heal the wounds inflicted by the most disas trous of wars ; it is at that very moment than a most futile pretext is resorted to, lot' the purpose of sapping the very toundationS of the Constitution ; and a kind of proceedings has been adopted, of which the History of Wirtetnburgh fur nishes no example. " The College.of the Privy Council, whose peculiar duty it is to watch over the privileges of the States, not only at tempts to justify all these ads of violence, but even. some of its Members placed themselves at the head of those who allow themselves to be made the instruments of that oppres sion, in contempt of those duties, to the performance of which they are bound by the solemnity of an oath, " 1 t is fleetness, on our part, to protest against all that has hitherto been done and may be done hereafter. The nullity of the whole of that condo& absolves us irons such a duty. But as we fully adhere to the patriotic sentiments of the States, and of those Members of the Privy Council who dicountenan c the persecution of individuals, we declare, in the most solemn manner, not only that we do unite with them in their endeavours for the re-establishment of the le gitimate and Constitutional order of things, but that also, when it shall please Providence to call us to the ,Go vernmelit of these Dominions, of which we arc by birth the tlereditors, we shall exact the most tigorous account at the hands of all those who have proved regardless of their oath to maintain the Constitution ; and that we shall permit justice to take its ordinary course. We are the more con , vinced of the propriety of making this declaration, because we cannot by any possibility , persuade ourselves that the Prince, our Father, could have ever been induced to adopt such measures through any other instigation than the sug gestions of perverse Counsellors, of men who have wholly tOrgotten, :mil disregard the sacredness of their duties. " We embrace this occasion also to manifest publicly our decided opinion respecting the situation of our Finances. The well.groUnded apprehensions which on this sufijed we en tertaiii tor the future, are of a nature to oblige us to declare, that we siva!' acknowledge as binding only those debts, of whatever nature they may be, that have been contracted weeably to the usual mode prescribe i by the Constitution," • We have been ravnured, by our Correspondent at the Hague, with, the following particulars, in 3 Let'. ter - dated :Sept. z 3 " Our Government was in daily-expeaition of a Ccurier from our Arribais a. dor to the Emperor of the 'French, M. Sctitm .MELPENNINCK, who attended on BONAPARTE at Aix.la,Chapelle, who, •tinexpeetedly, has arrived, having Ids the Emperor, the Empress, and the. Imperial Court at Cologne, -last Sunday. Imme diately after his arrival, he waited upon. our Di- rthory, and had a conference, which lasted five hours. When it was over, the Direttory cent Cou riers to several of its Members, who were on their estates in the country., desiring their immediate re turn; and SCH IMMELPENN I NCK dispatched a Cou. Fier to M. Da SEMONV I LLE, the French Ambassador in this Country, but who now accompanies 80. NAPARTE in his journey on the Banks of the. Rhine. Some few hours after the French Charge des Affaires received Dispatches from TAL LE Y. RAND, at Mentz, which he communicated to our Government in the presence of the Prussian Charge des Afaires ; and in the night two Couriers left this place, one for Mentz, and the other far Berlin. The cause of this political bustle is the source of various conjetiures. The must common opinion is, hoWever, that it concerns some imme diate change in our Government ; and if the French Republic has an hereditary Emperor, the Batavian Commonwealth will soon have an hereditary King. Others pretend, that to prevent a rupture with Rus sia, BONAPARTE has, upon certain conditions, pro. posed, to evacuate Hanover, which is to be occu. pied by Prussian Troops ; and that, in addition to out other burthens, we are to take into our pay the French Army now in Hanover. There is no truth in the report in the German and French Pepers, that Count DE STARKE LE ERG, the Russian Ambassador, intends to leave this Country. As late as yesterday, we arc certain, His Excellency had received no orders to that effea. Neither dues the Swedish Ambassador, Count LowerwieLta, expect to be ordered away, having last week, re newed the leaie for the house he occupies. It must, however, be acknowledged, that BON ApAhrE does not see with pleasure the continuance here of Di plomatic Agents from countries which have none in France, and that probably he may insist upon their departure." The following Letter will place the recent Insur redion at Bilboa in a more circumstantial point of view than it has yet appeared, from the cautious nature of the communications which have reached us from Spain : " BILB/A i 20114 SEPTEMBER.—Many new oc. currences have taken place here since I have last written to you. The country people, dissatisfied with the new arrangement and appointment of De. plies made by their Lordships, armed themselves to the number of 1800 men, who soon increased to upwards of 4000. The Commander of the Troops advanced upon the Rebels, and attacked them on the mountain Yptiaaulo Sudurrestulqui, where they were posted. After a severe contest, the King's Troops were obliged to retreat. Accurding,to the most accurate accounts, the killed and wounded of the Rebels amounted to above i too, among whom were the two brothers, Captain and Lieutenant BUZZLANLUCD, Lieutenant-Colonel YPUR DID ELZ, of the Royal Army, was killed on the Heights of Guezurra Franco. The famous CH ERR IGOR wrz, the principal Leader of the Insurgents, is said to have been dangerously wounded. We hope for more circumstantial details in the course of a few days. There are already upwards of 9500 Insur gents in arms; and the King's Troops are entrench. ing themselves with all possible expedition in the Plains of Tantalo, and near the Mills of Sabela. gora." The Court Etiquette of the Emperor of the French, surrounded by his upstart Nobles, resembles, in some measure, that of an English Gentleman's kitchen, when, in the absence of their master, the servants assemble together, with the Butler at their head, for the purpose of imitating the manners of their superiors. There is nothing, observes a late Writer, of that ease, vivacity, and grace, which signalized the societies at the Royal Court. Every body stares with a slavish gaze at the Emperor, who treats them indiscriminately in a dry, cold, and harsh manner. He sometimes attempts to be polite or witty ; but his politeness is a proud con. descension, and his wit is satire. 'lliete is always something rough or low in his way of expressing hi ms elf. He frequently makes use of terms only to be found in the mouth of the meanest Soldier, and pro Scribed by all good company. He is capable of using the most abusive language with the utmost indifference. The tone of his voice is deep and hoarse, and his remarks arc sometimes accompanied with such a disagreeable laugh, that nobody can feel easy with him, even when he attemps to say ,the most agreeable things. The highest Officers of State frequently hear themselves addressed by epi. thets which never before escaped the lips of a Sove reign. If he thinks he has caught one of his Mini. sters or Privy Councillors in something contradic tory, he frequently says, " rout rtes nu bommr de mauvair foi ;" or "-Vous me trompez,"—you arc a man not to be trusted—you cheat me. Yet the Etiquette of no Court is more strict than that of the Usurper. From the second Officer of State down to the lowest Private of the Guards, every unc has his fixed place assigned him, which he dares not leave for a single moment, and where he remains immovable, staring at his neighbour, who is also fastened to the ground without speaking a single word. BONAPARTE alone goes the rounds in the circle formed only by the Ambassadors and Foreign ers of distinetioo. The Minister of Foreign Af. fairs, M. TALL RYR AND, can only enter this circle when a new Ambassador is to be presented. BONAPARTE, we should conceive, could hardly have read the intercepted Correspondence, for one of the Letters represents him as " the Devil in a bumaw shoe< ;" and he might reasonably suppoie, that his iirench Subjects would acknowledge the justness of such a description of their execrable Ty. rant. There are 54,000 disciplined soldiers, Regulars and Militia, within the Kent and Sussex Kinetic? Towers are eretling on every point of the coast where they can be of service. INTELLIGENC NEWtIARK ET, FIRST OCTOPIR MEETING. . . .. TOESDAY% OCTOBER. 24 • . . ... Miird and last Year) . one-third of a Stdi is6pti 6 on bf Wt, each, with Sol. added by the jockey Club, for 4 yr oh': Caaryingtglr: 715: hales g.,t. ilb. 1). 1. Sixteen Sub: ' • Act - tilers: . . 11. of Grafton's b.'''. Parasol - . - - a Sir F. Standish's bf.'6. brother to Stamford i. - i Colonel Lei Ali's gr . : I. Nitre - - • .. ' ' 3 Lout Grosvenor's la. ct. Baron 13u11 - - - 4 T,"O to one on Parasol.'—Won very easy. General . Sparrow's c.' Fathom, by Triimpator, out of Young Noisette, 2-rs old 6st. 311). beat Lord Foley's Ble. mished Boy, 4-Yrs old, ost. Two-yrs Old C. sogz.i. Seven to 4 on Fathoni.—Good race. wtanE4nAy, oci.. 3, One-third of a Subscription of rigs. each, to which will he added 'fowl) Plate of 'for 3-yr old cults carrying Sf.t. 61b. and fillies 2i , t. 3U}. 1). 1. . Subscribers the sante as on Tuesday. 1.4 Grosvenor's b. c. Bagatelle Mr. IVilson's b. c. Stately - - Mr. Wyndham's ch. c. The Carpenter - - Ld G. 11. Cavendish'sch. c. Sorrel, by Volunteer - • • 1). otGrat‘ton's br 1. Pelisse • - • - . dr Six to 4 against Ld Grosvenor's h. c. Bagatelle —Even bet ting on Mr. Wilson's b. c. Stately-3 to t against Mr.Wyncl hani's ch. c. The Carpenter. Fifty Citineas, free for any horse, Sc. 4-yr olds, carrying 7st. 41b. ; 5.11 olds, Sst. ; 6-yr olds, Bst. iilb. ; and aged, gst. B. C. Age. Mr. lioworth's b. c. etra,p—walked over - 4 1.(1 F. 0. Osborne's h. f. Elizabeth - - 4dr Sir C. Itunintry'e b. in. Eleanor - . 6dr 1). ofGratton's b. 1. Parasol , - • 4dr Mr. Lake's b, 4 , • at Ivlr.lme Itadt:WW2 gr. I. Nitre - - 4 d t Mr. F. Neale's Brainworm, 7st. 71b. beat D. of St. Al bans' Nlerryinan, 3st. Ab. M. cogs. h. ft. Two tot on Mr. F. Neale's BrainworM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. AIR, HAV INC seen a Paragraph in THE Sti? Of Some days back, which adnimativerts upon the name given to a horse, in my communication to the Editor of the, Paper in whiCh the circumstance first appeared, I conceive it proper to state to you, that my account of the Races at Barham Downs was dilated by no improper motive, at •1 only intended to promote mirth ; but as it has been taken up in a serious point of view, it remains for me, in justice to:the Gentleman alitided to, to assure you, that he had no horse so pretend ) , named—that he had no idea of running a race as described—and that the 'whole of my Communication respeaing that affair has been a hasty misrePresentatioh. I am, Sir, your's, &c. L. G. A Copy of the above has been sent to the Editor of the Paper to which the Communication had been originally math:, but I am sorry to rind it not at.' tended to.-1 hope, however, you will have the. go:Kiness to insert it in your impartial Paper. 'Canterbury, Oe.i. 3, 1804. L. G. The force of the waves at Reculver, ►vhich we re. cently noticed, appears to have been most dest rail vs on the Cliff to the westward of the church ; the east end being protected by riddle work and piles driven . into the Sand at various periods, has sofT';ed less than the part beforeementioned ; many ancient coins have • been found inThe ruins, and a cistern, as mentioned by Battely, has been discovered by the fall of the Cliff. The houses destroyed- were chiefly occupied by It. bAiring persons and fi,hermen, who had just time to preserve their beds an►.,little articles of furniture, and who have since taken up their habitations in the church of the T'wo Sisters, which, however, after a lapse of rearly ten centuries, unless some very el. ledual means are adopted to prevent it, will, much as it is to be regretted, eventually be swallowed up in the approaching ►vinter ; so rapid and destrudiva of late years have ; been the inroads of the sea. The devastation of the waves, by undermining the Cliff of loose sand and clay, has laid open the graves of the ancient cemetry, and a skull and other emblems of mortality and of curiosity, at various places present themselves to view in the chasms on its surface. At Robertsbridge Fair a great many buyers attend. ed from London : but not any business was transatted, the London dealers not choosing to comply with the prices asked for hops by the Planters ; which was Bos. for pockets. Tfte wife of a Soldier in the Guards lately pur. chased a bed of a broker in Drury.lane, and in car_ tying it home on her head, she thought she felt something hard in it ;. on ripping the scam, she discovered fifty.two guineas and two half.crowns. It is a notorious praCtice with petty tradesmen to take apprentices for the sake of a fee, when they have not sufficient work to employ the lads and teach them their business. They consequently engage them about more menial service, and the young lads are frequently tutoettout at the expiration of their term of servitude without a sufficient knowledge of their trade. The father of a buy who was thus circum. stanced, brought the master before one of the Jus. tires of Police yesterday. Upon the fact being stated upon oath that the master failed to instruct the boy in his trade, and that he was only employed in running ()len:Ands, the indentures were ordered to be handed over to another master. Kingston Sessions for Surrey closed yesterday, and five Prisoners , for trivial offences were tonvia. ed, but none worthy notice. The Court then ad. paned to Tuesday next at Newington. MARL Bottouou.STßEET.--Yesterday Elizabeth Hudson, a Woman who had lived for, some time past by robbing het lodgings, and obtaining goods from different persons, under frivolous pretexts, was► examined cn those charges, which were so numerous against her, that, without going into a detail o f evidence, she was remanded for re-eXaminatioA o r, Tuesday next, in order to give time for other com. plaints of the !;.ind which may be exhibited against her. The Prisoner is a genteel middle.aged woman, and described her husband as an Army Officer. William Soil was fully committed fir trial. for stealing divers monies from . the pocket of James Davi4, shopman to Mr. Harvey, linen.draper, Ox. ford-street. The Prisoner was a servant in the house, anti wss, for sufficient reasons, suspeactl of rohhing the Prosecutor, who repeatedly lust monies from H I sm3li.clothcs pocket, before he arose in the mur tl i ng . The Pti3onet WitS &Latta by marked money.