The Sun. — London, England, 1817-08-07 00:00:00

GLOUCESTER, Auc. 5. We are all agog-in•this City in expectation of the Music Mee ti ng , tlioi,gli it is not to take place lilt toward s the cud of Septebiber: •We find we Ir e to havea grind 'asseniblage of vocal and instri- Ine!ltal fierfOrWeis, among the - .former of whom tre CAuPokasg, Mr§ SALmorq, Mrs, VAndut AN, Les Demoiselles DE LIHU, With BR HAM, VAUGHAN, huGGINS, aint BARTLkMAN. These will form such a constelhilion of talents as we have not en joyed for a very long period. Though the De .Linu'acannnr have. acquired a sufficient. know ledge of the English language to qualify them fur brought forward itt the selections of Church Muic,.their Duets at the Evening Con certs will, no doubt, be diarming. They made their debut in England at the Bath Concert. last xemter, and brought very numerous audiences. — We find that they are to appear at Cheltenham next week, in conjunction with Mrs.' and the Misses Asna,, at a Concert in that place. Nothing can be.more beautiful than the appearance of the surrounding country, and an abundant harvest will, we trust, put the whole kingdom in good humour. The weather has been uncommonly fine. The arrival of the - Duke and Duchess of nEAUFORT at their seat at Badminton, in this county, has cheered the hearts of all the pe'ople in the neighbourhood, as tl:e higher classes will enjoy theii' society, and the low largely partake of their bounty. ST. JAMES'S SQUARE. A considerable improvement is , about to take place in this distin g uished part of the metropolis. The iron-r 61 work, which encloses the pond and its narrow bo,indarydgreeosward, is to be taken down ; the pavement is to be removed from a large part of the outs:de of the present circle ; a new circle is to be enclosed by a low brick wall with a handso'me stone coping, surmounted by iron rails ; and the enclosure is to be laid out and planted, as (hose of other sqoares•are. The new circle has been traced, and a part of the pavement removed, in some plates, the new wall has been fiuished. We need not say how greatly this im- Proeement must add to the pleasantness and salu brity of the square. At present, the woble mausioni, Of which it consists, have the Sun's rays reflected upon them from a larger space of ,pavement than 'any other buildings in London; and the dull 'less of its surtace,as a prospect ,6 varied by nothing lint a dirty, foggy pond. It is said, however, that there are d.fferent opinions, as to this latter ject , and that'll() determination has yet hero come to respecting the removal of the water The goes thin is, whether ire he, or be not, a set-off against `ddnip. At one time of the year, the latter finds EIS way into the drawing-rooms of the Roble inhabitants; at another, the former stores • half the cellar's hi the square. As the coach-road will how be mach narrowed, the noise of it must, of cours•c, be brought nearer to the bowies ; but thert May be a recompense for this too, since Stage coaches Will' not be tempted to make a tho roughfare of the s'qaare ivy the opporionity Cutting off it's rowies ; .and it is not the noise of that disturbs the repo s e carria . ges front TheatreS, Of the inhain!a , its here, it is the passage tit stage coaches in the morning, which prevents people, as . .Eddy Townley would s , tv, from getting " any sleep attnight."--(Morning Paper.) - The Er-openir ofltuss;a is Fatten to introduce for his domestics liveries similar to those of the PRINCF REGENT's, with the variation Of dark green cloth in.oead of dark blne-for the cuffs and facings. They are now making for two English lads, who Lave been iei araining daily for about two months past, at Colton House stables, under the direction 01 the PRINCE. REGENT'S principal coachman, and others, to learn to ride and drive properly. When they shall be deemed in every respect thoroughly 9udified to undertake the management of horses, they leave England for Petersburgh, taking with them under their care some valuable horses, which Mere purchased by 'the Grand Duke NICHOLAS during his stay in England. It is expected that th e Emperor of RUSSIA will not only adopt liveries similar to our Royal liveries, but that he will also introduce the English method of driving and travelling. Acconnts have been received by the Jean, ar rived at Annan, from the emigrants who sailed from Scotland the latter end of last spring for America. These unfortunate men found then]. selves miserably disappointed in their expecta tions : artificers in wood or iron' were the only tradesmen in any request ; little or no demand for I:ahoorers in husbandry, hewing or squaring of tyood being o.e only source of exteruled permit hent etnploymett for any considerable part of die I:car,_ and the season for it is now 1 - apidly expir ing, and a long winter coining on, with hardly 'ley resource but charity. Letters from Halifax (Nova Scotia), ro the 16th .14t. state,that numerous vessels continue to arrive at bialifax, with emigrants from Great Bri tain. About ouc thousand individuals had been ti:oded, and iminense numbers were on their way, If; Canada. The brigTraveller, front Leith, with cmiraots, foundered at•sea in the mouth of 41, y , b u r the passengers and crew were saved by s ire shiv Valians, and landed at Prince Edward' s rn the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A few days 'since., iiapulling clown the old wall of t ip vicaTage &table, at Chard, for the purpose of lidding a new one, a very ancient and beautiful t4 in was found about foot frotti the foundation, proves to be a golden penny of Richard 11. `'ishop Fleetwood, in his preface to his Chro 'lkon preclusion," speaking of the ancient - toins says, am confident that, 1 ,4 a tonoton enripsity, a piece of gold, older "'lan the I..st Edward, will appear a very great r arity."—EdwaNl VI. the last of that name, be- NI 114 reign in tin year •1;i47 ; Rich. 11. com -I!"eneed his in 1377 ; the gOlden penny, therefore, rthe 2d Rich. reckOningtrom the beginning of the I , 4 P•eetive reigns of (hose two Sovereigns, is 170 . , ears older titan. any con o Edward VI. ; and is, yt thi s tit4.e 0817) just 460 years old. Except • bit of. ►he edge of the coin ' thus diseo .. li 4 red, w hich the ignorant boy who 'found 1 , 1.0 1i,e off, .1s h.e says, " to see what it was," it is ti 't'v little -injored. It appears, from the account the .Right Revel end writer before mentioned, i" 0)g oriisival yaltte of this.-piece was a b out Bd, POETRY. WOMAN'S SMILE. On earth there's nothink worth pOssetsini; Or can thrills of life beguile, • Without that dearest, safeetest The magic of a woman's smile. The glare of wealth, the pomp of fame, Are senseless treasures, joyless, rile; Are bzuibles with a splendidname, Without the charm of woman's smile. The noxious clouds or motley care; That thicken round our joys awh►le Like morning mist, dissi►lye in air Before the beams of woman's How sweet the sun's brig.ht beams must be, Aftet long. night, to Zeinhhes Isle !, But oh ! much sweeter far to me, The sunshine of a woman's smile ! Then place me, Fate, wherc'rr you may 'Mid dreary waste, or savage isle; For o'er my soul no gloom can stray, While I am blest with woman's smile. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Dovager nuchess of Rutland entertained a select cis cle of rashionables iesterday evening, at her house in Sackville- street. Lori:l:and Lady Melbourne had a :elect party yesterday, at their house, Whitehall. - The Earl and Countess of Essex are entertaining a party of Fashionables, at their seat, Casbiuhury Park. FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES. The Lord Bishop of Bath and Welk, on a visit to his Dio cese; Lieutenant-General Sir John Murray and Lady, on a tour; Sir Walter Brisco, Bart. for Crofton-Hall, near Car lisle, in Cumberland ; Earl of Morton, fOr Aberdonr Castle, is Fifeshire; General Sir Flew Dalrymple and Lady Hamil ton, for Ediolmrgh ; the Earl and Countess Paulet, fromtheir residence, Hyde Park Terrace, to Bognor, near Chichester; Lieutenant-General and Mrs. Orr, from their house in Man chester-street, fur Leamington spa, Warwick. - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD RACES, TUESDAY, A uG. 5. A Gold Cop of 10Ogs. value, and 70gs. in specie; four-yeary olds carrying 7st. 711.); five, Bst. 71b.i six, 9st.; and aged, 9st. 41h. One four-mile heat. Mr. Roger's Scarecrow, 4 yrs old 1 Mr. WeWS . Bulgariao, 4 vrs old Mr. Ashlittrses S;lowliall, 4 yrs old 3 Mr. Blake's Sir Richard, 4 yrs old 5 to 4 on Richard, 3 to I against Scarecrow, 3 to I against Bulgarian. This race was severely contested ; Scarecrow at starting made play, and seas never headed ; Bulgarian kept second, and: run a good horse, but was never 'able to get up. sir Richard was so beat as to be obliged to pu!l up two distances from tton►e ; and each of-the Imses were much distressed, the Course in several parts being very heavy. The "arse Of 501. for three-year olds, 7st. and font., Bst. 71b., fillies alioweil 31b. two ►rile heats ; the winner to be sold for cointas, if demanded, &c. was won at three heats by Me. West's b. c. Ciecy, 4 vrs old, beating Venus, Cuirassier, Meg Mai - noel', Mango and Forks. PEDESTRTANISM.—Yesterday morning a quarter of a mile was measured on the side next Sloane street, on Mann's Cricket -ground, for Vtraterloo' Tom to walk on, he being much annoyed by the players on the opposite side, where he walked on' the preceding day. He breakfasted at eight o'cloCk at the Nirellington Tavern, and then proceeded to the marquee erected at the starting post,' where. be was put into - the sack. He walked the first mile in Glee quarters of an hour, and at twelve o'clock had gone' 1.5 miles from his commencing, and retired to the Wellington to dinner, where he rested two hours, and again equipped hims,lf in the sack, and walked tilLfive, when he did three miles more. Having rested half:an hour, he went out again, and with apparent ease finished twenty' miles for the two days, at a quarter past seven in the evening, when he left off. CRICKET MATCH.—A grand match at Cricket, between twelve Gentlemen of the Wellington Club anal twek't of Chelsea, was played in Mann's Ground on Monday for fifty guineas a side.—The Chelsea Gentlemen won by twenty-one runs. The following pleasant anecdote, pleasantly told, is translated from the Journal des Debate : ‘‘ A min of imposing figure, wearing a large sabre and immense mustachios, arrived at one of the principal inns of a provincial city, accompanied with a female of agreeable shape and enchanting mien. He alighted at the moment that dinner was serving up at the table d'hote. At his martial appearance all the guests lose with respect ; they. felt assured that it must be a Lieut.-General, or a Major-General at least. A new Governor was ex pected in the province about this time, and every body believed it was lie who had arrivediin cogroto. The Officer of Gendarmerie gave hirn'the place of honour, the Comptroller of the Customs and the.B.eceiver of Taxes sat by the side of Ma dame, and exerted their wit and .gallantry to the utmost. All the tit-bits, all the most exquisite wines, were placed hefore the for:mime length the party broke up, and every one ran l'eport through the city that Monsieur the Go vernor had arrived. But oh! what was their sur prise, when the next day his Excellency, clad in a scarlet coat, anti his august companion dressed out in a gown glittering %Via, tinsel, mounted an open calash, acrd, preceded by some musicians,went about the squares and public ways, selling Swiss tea and balm of Mecca. How shall we derribe he fury of the guests t They complain to the Mayor; and demand that the audacious quack shorild be com pelled to lay aside the characteristic mark of the brave. The prudent Magistrate assetobled the CounnOn Council ; and those , respectable persons, after a long ddiheration, consider lug that nothing. in the charter forbad the citizens to let their beat grow on their upper lip, dismissed the complaint altogether. The same evening the sopposed Go ver,li4 gave a serenade to the complainants, and the next day took his leave, and continued his journey amidst .the acclamations of the peop!e ; \yin', in small as well as in great cities, are very apt to bkomeTassionately fowl of charlatans.." STATE OF THE COUNTRY. . . . . A gentleman ....rho travelled upwards of 400 miles- last week, crossing manY,Counties, slates, that cro,vs are more abundant (hap ever before ; in the course of a few days there is every reason to hope that the reapers will be actively employed in di parts of the count! y. In the ireigilhourbood of Andoier, _iu Hants; reaping was hegnii nit niday A Correspondont from the North states, that he has delayed. until now wiiting any thing on the subject of the ensoing wheat harvest, and has now' the pleasure to. state, that for many years it never looked so promising ; that the .stem is happily of a stronger grokvltt, and therefdre sup poos the increasing 'c.+r against else storms of wi n d and rain ; aml as he appro:felled the 'Metropolis he found all the arable : lands well covered, and promising very taidy. In several parts they ar e sn forward as to have cut the oats and rye grasses, and expect at the close of the present week to begin the wheats. This is nearly a month earlier than heretofore. ,• • We have been. favoured with the sight of a sample of barley perfectly ripe, ‘vbieli was cut down last Monday, near Armathwaite-casile, in Cumberland.—(Durham County Alvertiser.) TUESDAY, JULY 2J.—'l he sales of flour to-day were very extensive at the currency of our list market. Wheat and other articles were in limit ed demand, and without alteration.—(Liverpool Adverliser.) SATURDAY, AUG. 2.--Previous to yesterday the trade was' very animated. \%'hear obtained. W. and flour ss. advance ; but this day's market was dull, the former • receded to late quotations,. and the latter is now only 35.,t0 4s. dearet.—(lbid.) There was a tolerably numerous attendance at Norwich Corn Market on Saturday, but Grain experienced little variation in price from last Week. 'We never noticed a more plentiful supply of all kinds of stock than covered both the upper and lower market. EDINBURGH Auc. 4. The East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry, com manded by Colonel Sir JAMES BAIRD, Bart. after having performed their permanent duty, were re viewed on Thursday last, at BeanSion, by the Right Honisnrable the Earl of HADDINGTON, Lord Lieutenant of the County, tvho was pleased to express, in very handsome terms, his entire appro bation of the corps. They are a fine body of young men, mu s tered very nutherous, rental kably well mottrited, and went through the business of the field in a very soldier-hike manner. The Most Noble the Marquis of TWEEDDALE was in the ranks as a private. There were a great number of Ladies and Gentlemen preient. The corps unanimously offered their services to Government, wherever they might he wanted in Great Britain. b'ere were two excellent races after tile review, by horses belonging to the corps, rode by troopers. This morning, another squadron of thelsi, or Royal Regiment of Dragoons, marched through this city for the westward. To-morrow evening the Theatre will -. re-open with. the Opera of Love in a Village, when Mr. SINCLAIR and . Miss STEPHENS will make theirap pearance in the characters of Young Meadows and Rosetta, INVEUNESS, AUG. I.—We have nine) pleasure in stating, that the Duke of Gokhori is recovering from his late severe indisposition, anti gradaally 'becoming - convaleSeent ; he takes an airing in his, carriage daily.-.-(Ediriburgh Coutant.) STEAM FERRIES. The communication between the city of New York and the opposite shores of the Hudson and East Rivers, is carried on at sevel'al points, by steam-boars, and others with machinery; 'on the same principle, worked by horses. Poth and, stern of these boats are made exactly alike. Their decks are an oval platform tailed round, the railing at each of the ends being mov able, for the admission of passengeri. In the middle is an inclostire with the steam-engine, or the horses which work the machinery. One side of the boat is appropriated fur passengers, with seats, the other fur horses, carts and carriages, for which there is ample room, the boats being from 80 to 90 feet long, and from 40 to 50 feet broad. At each wharf of embarkation or landing, a floating platform is contrived, and adjusted with so much nicety, as to fit exactly the end of the boat rising and falling with the tide. Regu lating jaws of timbers, tvith a kind of floating spring, are so placed before the wharf, that the steersman has merely to' guide the boat into them, to insure his coming in ct•intaat with the shore without the slightest shock. The railing be ing then t a ken away, the 'egress is •precisely as easy as walking out of a yard. In this little voyage of transit, there - is even no necessity for the drivers or occupiers of carriages to alight.— The fare for each person is a New York sixpence (about 3d. sterling), for a horse and gig, 25 cts. (or Is. IFI. sterling), and so on in proportion.— On the arrival of the boat at the shore a large bell is rung ; to giVe notice to those who are desirous of embarking, forwhoM - she wails five minutes, and then starts again. These boats ply daily, front an early hour in the morning until dusk in the evening. Their speed is at the rate of from four to seven miles an hour,' with nine horses moving„ round, or engietes of corresponding power. THW4II,ER STORN.-90 Thursday morning, soon alter ten o'clock, Manchester and its neighbour hood were visited by a very serious 'and violent thunder -storm, 'accompanied with a descent ut hailstone of an amazing size. The electric fluid has left awful impressions of its destructive power. A Pendleton, two men, of the names of Joho Armi tage and John Hoyle, were struck dead whist making hay, - and several otbets were much sion nen and narrowly escaped ; Mr. Gorton, bleacher, was knocked down, in the same direction. In Silver street, (,Newton-street), the - gable end of a house ‘va* completely thrown down ; and-in the vicinity of Kerst, tour ni-enAevefely frit-the effects of We ticiatelidouvskiegi, - REVIEIV. , . Tue, • • „, • Z.`EXAGP:NARIA>: ; Or, the ittcoLLF.crtoss of a LIT,N,HARY [Arc. 2 rots. Bco In this pleasing tern k there is no deficiency of matter to ottract and grtitify the public curiosity. •'i'hc Recollections of a veteran Author, respecting himself and his contemporaries, must heinisera r bly compiled our to have soinethiog piquant in ibem ; and the interest will naturally he increased by s...rnething eniginatieal in the !node of delivery. It is ainusiog to exert the imagination io jectere. Readers will guess right, or they will g wet sig ; but io both cases their attention will b e oc c u pi e d. It teas evidently incended that th e whole hook hlio;ild be an enigma; but the death.of the author has removed the motives for 'concealment, as to him, and Mr. bELUE is gene rally known to have been the writer of these vo {nines. The papers from which they are formed are supposed to have been selected and arranged by the friends of the author, after his death ; but in fact, the work was nearly printed before that unexpected event took place; anti the fiction of ingenuity has becotue, to those friends, a painful reality. . , A pure, yet easy, and occasionally playful style, is the most obvious recommendation of the work; being_that which must immediately he remarked hi' every reader. The.aneedotes will be variously received; as tastes and disposition/ Vary ; but the critic must be very fastidious, or Very dull, who does not find abumlance to amuse and please hint. The .sketch of a Dedication, to a person most justly dear to the author, is one of those passages, which they whb cannot feet on7ht, for their own sakes, to wish th - ey could. It is a genuine en . slot) of the heart,; and when the heart truly speaks, woe to the bosom that returns no an swer. • But it should be read in its proper place, as the farewell, and, we Lope, the prophecy, of sincere affeotion. We will not introthice it 'bete. The narrative of his boyish clays is pleasing, and probably accurate. We do nut easily lose th 6 impression of those events, at which we now smile with supefior dignity, but which to our un formed judgments appealed then of almost infinite importance.. The following passage expressei some of those feelings "I look back to thesienchanting scenes with no ordin ali satisfaction. A Momentary bliss is imparted by the recollec tion. Ali: why should they return no more. Then it was, that the heart, untainted 14 vice, and Uncorrupted by the world, expanded itself to the impression of nature's beauties ; when the wind, full of hope and ardour, thirsting for ina:- provement, which vas every day obtained, indulged in golden. dreams of fancy, and constructed imaginary castles, with all the accompaniments of Sylph and fairy creation." ' In the third chapter we have a lively picture of the feelings with which a young and ardent innt=. gination began the perusal of good poetry. "lhe next book which chance threw in my way rendered me important service.. It enlarged my mind, multiplied lily .ideas, my ambition, and gave my curiosity and de- , sire of knowledge a proper direction. I by accident picked up, in a place little freqUented, the first volume of Pope's translation of the Iliad. It was a mean edition, which I cio not remember to have since seen ; but it had notes and illus trations, which were to me extremely trs:fol. It is nut pos sible to express the enthusiasm with which I harried through it, nor the anxious impatence with which I hurried to is female adviser (the Schoolmaster's droightcr), to supply the .no more volusies were to be found us the house. What was to be done ? I could riot endure tho idea of beginning any other book I made Vie attempt, but it was impossible. My mind was too %devoted, to descend from Gods and Heroes (front Goddesses more particularly, fort adored Pallas) to the humdrum of common authors, and the incidents of common life. At length my Alit- friend sent for me, to communicate the joyful and momentous iotetli gence, that a gentleman, whose residence was a few miles distant from our own, compassionate(' my distress, and had promised to lend me d volume at a time, if ‘I would take the trouble to walk and fedi them. I hardly strived to express my thanks : it was asking a very hungry avretch to feed on the dish most delightful to his palate. I was at the ap-, pointed place as expeditiously as youthful speed could carry. . me. The gentleman was pleased with net ardour, am! kindly encouraged it. He conceived a friendship for me, and under certain very proper restrictions, accommodated ine with the use of his library." • I'ovc's Homer probably made the author a Poet. —No bad preceptor ! [Fe be coetinued.] A letter from Brighton, dated Aug. 0, says : " The public may yet recollect, the lamentable suicide of a Mr. MENDOZA, about this time last year, at Brighton. He was a Gentleman distin guished for his arithmetical calculations,_ and cially employed upon a. most important discovery, in bringihg the longitude to a fixed and invariable point. The error of one figure, in some millions of numbeis, so completely disconcerted his mind, that in a fit of intellectual despondency he retired to his chamber trmi hung himself. The afflictiori of his widow upon this dreadful event settled into a melancholy despondency. .I:ast week she ear nestly requested to leave London for Brighton, and expressed a wish to die there, and to be in terred in the same grave with her husband. Iry the hope that . a change of air would he of benefit to her mental health, her friends agreed, and thi.t journey was undertaken. She reached Ryegal'a on Sunday last, and singularly strange to relate, she died on. the same day which discovered her husband a corpse.at Brighton, in the precedin year. The remains of this Lady are removed to this town, in order to be interred in the grave of her unfortunate husband." With a view to the imprlvement of the har bours of Dover and Folkestone, the Commissioners for the issue of the Exchequer 1.3i115; &c. have ri-- soleed to grantlo,oool. to the former, and 12,0001. to the latter, under the conditions and seem ities specified by the ttct pissed last session. The:as sista-nce of, Government is also promised for the erection of,a bridge across the Swale, to consider of which. a meeting of the inhabitants of the Isle of Sheppy and it's vicinity is to. be held at Sheer ness, on Wednesday, the 21st instant.. I'ICKPOCKaTS. Tuesday night the Mary-k -bone Officers observed oless than SO pickpockets, busily employed in their. vocation, at a Mounte batik Exhibition in Ilarper's-fields, ,Edgeware road, They observed two of. them parti cularly active, and on search Jog their hats they 'fouad upwards of a dozen lidndkerchiefs oti them. They took them limo custody, hut as toey were bringing them along' tile. I;ilgeware Road, they wcke .attacked •by the whole gang with sticks, and the ptisoners Were rescued from their.cusTotly. One of the officers receiv ed n wound on the back of the head trout souse sharp instrument. They succeeded, how ever, in apprehending two of the gang, Wit's) - have been since vonlinitted under the fiviie.e Aet,