The Sun. — London, England, 1817-08-22 00:00:00

~~ sy' A 311';' I re' bg' zert: eyv 54. d rats, did b'i S S . f V -. TO l'll2 r:D: . toa 37 THE SUN. LETTER 111. SIR,—I have been reading (as I have very often done before) the details of the glorious and ever niemorable Battle of Waterloo ; and the thought has come back to me, with the fresh force, as it has returned upon every perusal, how completely that worst demon Faction has contrived to extinguish every British and eve!) , human teelin:z, in those bosoms which he governs. In the ungrateful movements of turbulence, for which the peace so dearly purchased gave opportunity, what sham Patriot has ever expressed even a transient hint of satisfaction at the nocaralleled glory achieved at Waterloo ? Who has ever mentioned to the popu lace the Duke of Wellington and his invincible associates ? Occupied with titer visionary dreams of a better hepresentation in Parliament, which them has ever reflected how glorionsly the whole nation was represented in that deadly field? Lew esented in the eyes of the whole world, as a bation W' heroes ; as men devoting their lives for the rescue of nations from tyranny ; as willing to meet death, in his most terrific forms, for the de liverance of their country. True, this was no representation of the Hunts and Waithmans, the leaders of disaffection, whose courage lies in braviug those who have not power to punish them ! It was no representation, afforded no re semblance whatever, of those Common-Hall heroes, woo value t he glory and the safety of their country less than their own poliiral whims and specul.it ions. Bin I it trit it wt,s a true repre sentation and strict resemblance of nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand British throughout the United Kingdoms ; who, though some of them may he for a moment deluded, by attifi , es of the anti • patriots, all reflect with congenial feelings on the ttiumpli of Waterloo, all sh e d tears of the like warmth and rapture at th e perusal of the natrative of that day. But observe, Sir, bow that Anti-British spirit, I,i c h made two suspensions of the Habeas Cur- Pus expedient, has gradually prevailed to damp th e genuine feelings of the populace. When lticlier came, soon after the event, what were th e raptures with which he was received ! How t!id John Bull display his natural honest disposi tion, in welcoming the Noble Foreigner who had In ably seconded our British Hero ! Bnt when, kfttr a period of absence, occasioned by ditties consequent upon our triumph, IVellingttsn hinl - came home; where were the shouts, the gra tolations, the eager desire to behold him and to tto him honour ? All ost all smothered by the ) ' , ilinr.„'s of Cobbett, awl the anti-social move tents of his abettors and admirers ! Do these kien suppose, t hat if we had possessed universal Itarage, with annual Parliaments, and their whole ‘tain of imaginary improvements, We should have kid a more glorious army, or stood more highly benefactors to the world ? No : the probahi 6ty is, that we should have rather been grovelling itt the feet of the Despot we have humbled ; and Perh a ps been split into departments, annexed to his Belgian dominions. Mark this, however, and see if it be not a true tench-stone of political honesty, or the contrary. phew me the men who rejoice at the successes ki)(1 triumphs of their country, and those ‘‘ho repine at them, and depreciate what they cannot the former I will wear for ever, ." In my heart's core, aye, in toy heart of hearts;" t he latter I will never regard but Vvith suspicion, at,d N weil-grounded persuasion, that whatever llley advise must have some latent mischief in it. Yours, Itagast 20. SOMERS. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, &c. &c. ConN ExcnANGE, AUG. 22.—We have had %utile considerable Arrivals of Foreign Wheat %in ce Monday, but there was but little business tluing this morning ; the few Sates made in Fine Wheat and Oats were at Monday's prices, hut qrdinary was dull ; Fine Barley supports its price ; 1 11 Pease and Beans there are no alteration. The accounts from all parts of France and Ger continue to assure us that the harvest is ttvciyerhere most abundant. The rye and barley !Ire already entirely cut, and the wheat now reap is :mind to he even more ahnndant than either those grains. Our accounts from ere, y part of them ISt itnin are equally gratifying ; and we are 11 lost happy to find, that our statements relative 14 the extraordinary produce of the ears of wheat iltov e to have been correct. %Ire were yesterday ktvoured by a friend with samples both in ear and "therwise, which serve to slim at once the fine 1 0alily of the grain and the abundance of the od tic . (Morning Post.) The harvest has partinlly commenced in this brighbourbood ; a field ot heat, belonging to Mr. l'ubitt, at Seacombe, was cut during the last week, ' i d the accounts are Of the most flattering de hription.-=-(Liverpout Gazette) Shotild the Harvest prove a wet one like the Lis t , it is strongly recommended, where the ‘Vheat is beaten dawn and green, to adopt the qd herring bone fashion of laying each handful of 'heat corn across the other, by which means th e 'Vheat ears he upon the stiatv, and being thus from oaf the ground, become dry in a shorter nie. The smaller the sheaves are made up after *4rilS the bettor. TUE PERPETUAL 11J0TioN, it is said, has at : 4 gl h been discovered, though to what use it may applied, it remains for time to show. Another 4 4t ion, unfortunately not perpetual, has been long 14 , practice, which G. CARROLL can assure his t t n n ltnils h as bee the nicas of enriching thousands. ,I lk is the rot3tory motion of the Lottery Wheels, is ill 'evolve upon their axles on the 10th i:ptemb,r, nod distribute, amongst many other 'l'wo Capikils of 20,000/. which it is sup i%ed will fall to the shar e of th ose w h o ma k e Purchases at Nu. 7, C u rnhill, or 26, Oxford qtec ORIGiNAT, POETRY. ADVERTISEMENT FOR A WIFE. A Wtnowea, tinned of forty-eight, Desires once more to change his state, And on that happy life re-enter, Which blest him in each former venture. But since, for woman or for man, It seems a rather simple plan, Their pig to purchase in a poke, Ile iiti,rs not the nuptial yoke— (Which is in truth a serious joke, And claps in many a wheel a spolse)— Eit her to be bestowed or taken, Till he describes the wedding bacon. So come, my girls, young, fair, and rich; Among ye all he's curious, which Will hid the highest for the flitch; While what he gives, and what he seeks, In full description thus he speaks. Imprimis—for his gifts of Nature;.- TPti. Dountss is his nomenclature; Fire feet three inches are his stature. His shape is swig, and round, awl tight; His eyes are small. and grey, and light; His teeth are long, no very white : But where their number is so few, Of less importance is their hue.— But then, his be , ly's like a tutu; His cheeks are full ; his nose is snub ; His legs are like a cabbage stomp; His fret are thick ; his calves are plump; His chin is double, rotund, and lug ; He sports a spruce and three-cured 011 wrek.tiays red—his tind,ty caxon Displays a fashionable flaxen.— Pigtail he chews, takes snuff, and blows With a brown hatulkerchi f 11:s nose. Striped are his ,tockings, blue and white ; Well blacked his shoes, with buckles bright; His inexpressibles so siout, Wear greasy, but they wo'nt wear out ; His coat us red, his waistcoat blue ; 'Tis scarce six years since they were new.-- So lucre's a husband to y. or view, For matrimony neat and handy;— Sweet lumn of Cupid's stior-.antly ! Dear Ladies, is he not a Dand ? But it is right to tell C3CII Nl:ss, Of one important point—'tis this— That he has left off business.— The Advertiser was 1.1 , :t year A comfortable cheesemouger.-- His lies/ wife byre in 1),ot-street, And in a barrow wheeled cats' meat ; The xecoed, whom !its bed did grace, Was a Jew's widow in Duke's-olace ; The third....-who left him to despair Kept a wig warehouse in R a g-lair.— Buying the wig he now doth wear— ("rwas her good genius led him there—) Sly Cupid for him laid the snare ; Fur she was her late husband's heir : So love eternal lie did swear, And hair is wig, and wig is hair.— But when death laid his darling flat, He clapt a crape upon his hat : And now, in the deeine of lite, Hr advertizes for a w fe, In Linty and in love to be The fourth to this lamented three. Now who will prove the happy she, To regulate his family ? Taxes are high,. anti trade is low, And times, he thinks, begin to grow A little queerish, Or SO SO; And every thing so dear has gut, He cent afford his pipe and pot. Ilis chilinen too, they fire so many, They n,n away with every penny. Their number readily is reckoned— Two of his first wite, five his second; 'Which makes, you see, no more than seven; Fein of his thirst are jest eleven;— Sweet pledges of his wives in Heaven In these his sole affecti)m centers; Ilis childten by flyer different Ventures. They want, amid their noise and riot, A step-mother, to keep them quiet, AIM tech them manners, airs, and graces; And mend their clothes, and wash their faces. Now for the sort of damsel fair, Wh o m he desires his lot to share.— Her age, from twenty to fifteen : — The point of beauty lies between : She must he lovely in her face; Of height!), jest tall enough for grace, (That medium we so seldom see!) And low enough for dignity. As to the colour of her hair, It may he brown, or black, or fair, Because he's not particular. For nim it will he quite enough, If veither rat tailed, short, nor rough, But, Ladies, ',ark you by the way, It roust be neither red nor grey; Otherwise, he don't mind a fig, Provided she don't wear a wig. Her eyes, whateer their hue, must shins With beams of sentiment divine, And sweetly nit his hopes incline. Her nose, it must he aquiline, Or of a gentle Grecian bend : Her cheeks must rose and lilly blend; Ruby her lips ; her teeth must he White as the whitest ivory : Though he will not reject the Girl, IVhose mouth displays two rows of pearl, While she, her shoulders fair to deck, Reseeves the Ivory for her neck : Since, when a Lady's at his beck, 'Twould be unkind her hopes to check, Just for a trifle of a speck. Scarcely he knows which to prefer, Since troth he's not particular. But, tho' small matters he won't mention, (A fact that proves his condescension,) Her bosom claims his best attention : The painter's skill, the bard's invention, ('an never be enough to speak the beauty that his wishes seek. Her skin must he smooth, soft, and tender, Her shape exact, and nice, and slender, And ne cosmetic used to Mend her : Ile hopes the hint will not offend her, For lie wants her in her native splendour. Great stress he lays on legs and feet; They must he very, very neat : Her fingers long, and round tier arms ; And tke et-cmtera of charms, Which would this widower content, If fur his future comfort sent. Are in their number and extent Too long fur an Advertisement. As for accomplishments. though these Are indispensible to please A Widower of taste so nice, He will dispatch them in a trice. The Wife, who is for him design'd, Must have a cultivated mind, Witty, and wise, obliging, kind, Polite, attentive, sod efin'd, And willing to be disciplined. The harp, the harpsichord, and lute, Must with her voice and finger suit ; And she must never presume to ;ay no, When call'd by hint to the piano. Then, she must sing as sweet as any Miss Stephens, Hughes, or Catalan'. In painting she must bear the hell, In every fancy work excel. Of velvet, worsted, silk, and shell, Anti thousands more he cannot tell. Quadrilles and Waltzes she must dance, Of Italy, and Spain and France, In the first stile of elegance. At home this Lady must be able With grace to regulate his table— You sec he's not unreasonable. And 'twill he not amiss that she Should be deep read in Cookery, And kractice strict ecouonly. in ctilirotry sttripis 'lle stilt'. of Yii,tivss ilannah Glass; The buioli of learned Ductur Ttlisler Tu her should never prove a puzzler, Whene'er this Widowersliali His dinner upon soups or stews, Cutlets or pasties, or ragouts. And have at hand ,whatever nice is, In curries, picnies, sweets, and spices. At work thy servants she' must keep, And see they're not too fond ut sleep; At son-rise every day beginning With sweepi.g, Niid spinning, And ev& ry day r.t son-set ending With settling, cleaning up, and mending; And every moment recommending - The duly to keep clear it spending. She must he carefill of his purse, And be both housekeeper and nurse; And air his bed, and warm his whey ; And wait noun ;Jim night and day; And ready have the nightcap red, To pop upon his darling' head; And she most never think it shocking, To foot or heel his worsted stocking. The wife elect, the lucky she, Wlui ventures in this Lottery, And draws it's n•litial prize, must be Of 'an high ancient family; And he expect: to he I hrough her A kin to half th, Calendar; For, though he would a Duke's prefer, He is nut so particular, As to refuse a handsome girl, Though but the daughter of an Earl. And for that foolish thing, called money, 'Tis not his view in matrimony. knows it would he rather wrong, To expect an Heiress like Miss Lung;--- A reason:Oily Loud Estate, Secure, and snug, and moderate, With tows and country house, and plate, Is al tl n he requires of Fate • Nor will he shilly-shally wait Par m ore than one small spot that's clear Above ten thousand pounds a year:— (You Sec lie's wit particular:) With fifty thousand pounds in hand Fur her dear Hubby to command. And out of this, to fully prove His liberality and love, And shew, by marks of strung affection, How she'll be sure of his protection, If worthy of such predilection, Heil ,rule, should her friends yu please, Provision fur her future ease, Fl'olll her own fortune to trustees, A very coni:ortali!e jointure; So that if Fate sbuuld dis,ppoint her, By taking off her Imslould dear, She'll have one hundred pounds a year, As Widow of this Widower. The rest will hou.ses find and carriages, Comforts which nu wise man disparages, For the issue of his three first marriages. To joy and happiness like this, Which) prudent girls will hardly miss, Whatever Lady shall incline, She'll be so gond to send a line. And it 'tis fairly her intent To notice this Adiertisement, She positively may rely On honour and on secresy, With strong- iutiolability, And silence and security. Then let her letter quickly be Left at the Printer's for 1%1). Who will to any friend of her's Communicate particulars. No preference is promised, so The rule, my girls, is touch and go. Your vigour will by this be nerved; First come is sure to be first served. Much needless trouble to prevent, And questions too impertinent, In answering this Advertisement, Initials will meet no attention : All letters real names must mention, With age, and height, and situation, Temper, estate, and education, Such as will hear investigation ; And references must be made.— N.B. The letters all post-paid. REGISTER OF FASHION. ROYAL VISIT TO THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. On Mond,,y, her MAJEsTY, the Princesses Au- GUSTA and ELIZABETH, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of:GLOUCESTER, Ptincess SorntA of GLOUCESTER, and several of the Nobi lilitY, paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of NlARLnottoron, at their beautiful seat of White Knights. The Royal Party arrived about twelve o'clock, and utter taking refreshment, proceeded in open carriages to visit the gardens and pleasure groundi of tkis delightful place.. The day, though cloudy, was pleasant, and the park and lawn were rendered more lively and int - cre.tin:, from being peopled with ;troupes of company from Reading, acrd the adj,icent villages, wit , gayly dressed, ena melled with every hue the verdant landscape, and added the charm of 'notion to its local beauties. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH'S band of music was stationed in the wo.ids, a nd e v e ry circum stance attended to by the Nonle Proprietor, which could add to the enjoyment of the scene. The extent of the grounds occupying much time in traversing, unfortunately the rain began to fall before the Royal Visitants had completed their exclusion—a circumstance which ushered them the sooner to a splendid collation, in which ele gant magnificence and luxurious hospitality were ryiany colispicuouS. Her MAJESTY looked very well, and returned the warm greetings of the crowd with notch cheerfulness and affability. We were happy to observe !I! Duchess of GLOCCES TEE appeared in gm - id health and spirits, as in deed were all the Royal Party. The last visit our venemble Monarch made, previous to his hi mewed indisposition, was to White Knights in 1805, since which time both the house and grounds have received such improvement from the fine taste of the present Duke, as to render it unrivalled. Dam , lisb is filling fast with genteel company.— This delightful Watering-place presented a scene of greatgaiety on. the 12th inst.—the Ball, at the Rooms, in the evening, in honour of the PRINCE REGENT'S Birth-day, under the patronage of Lady INIALLET VAUGH AN, was most ❑umerously and fashionably attended. Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, son of the Duke of BEDFoRD, is now at Paris with his spouse, niece of the Marquis of 1-lAsTi NOS. This Lady (say the Pads Papers) is considered one of the hand somest women of England. THE FEMALE Eva.--A modern writer gives the following enumeration of the expressions of a fe male eye :—The glare, the stare, the leer, the sneer, the invitation, the defiance, the denial, tire consent, the glance of lore, the flash of rage, the sparkling hope, the latignisliment'of softness, the squint of suspicion, the fine of jealousy, and the • lustre. of pleasure. THE THEATRE. ENGLISH OP:• RA.--The bliss KELLY, who was the heroine of the late new piece etni tled The trizaid, induced the Manager to lay it aside for a few days, and in order also to hiring forward The Posiun Hunters. But as the former piece Wai very popular, it was repiesented last night, and Mis,l‹. - .t.Ly's character of Isobel Wai assigned to Mrs. \V. S. CHATTERLEY. We ad mired the feeling and interesting simplicity of this actress last season, and she has much Improved upon ui during the In eseat. ller person, atJaner, and talents arc well fitted for the part tit Isabel, an] it is but just:ce to say, that she supported it with truth, lodgment, and feeling. The piece was very touch applamied altogether. SPOR TING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT YORK ON TUESDAY LAST. DONCASTER ST. I.RGER. 7 to 4 agst Whitelock 7 to I agst Wormll Uto agst Restless ' I 9i to I agst Stainbru. IsIE%virIAIIKET ST. LEGER. 4 to 1 Mgt Indoi I GI to I apt Jtudgat. S to 1 agst Az.,r lIEBDOMADARY. Aug. 17.-121:vent Sunday after 'Trinity. Tuesdtfy, .—Aloon't First Quarter at five o'cl ock in the afternoon. Thurday, 21.-17a5, Duke of Clarence born. Sun rose 54 min. after lour ; set i; min. after seven. Satarday, 23.—The Son enters Virgo at 'IS minutes past ten in the morning, and the .Izas then begin to decrease %van gruater rapidity than they nave chwe since the Sun entered Cancer. The second division of the 6th Dragoon Gnareis marched this morning from Piershill Barracks, on their route for Engltud. The remainder of the regiment march to-morrow. They ate to be replaced by two squadrons of the Scots Gteys, who marched into Music'burgh and Dalkt ith on Saturday, front Peebles.—The Ratuilies, of 74 guns, Captain Boys, strived in Leith Roads yes. tctday forenoon, rum Sheernes.—The Marvis of HUNTLY, with his usual well-tinted liberality, has sent from Huntly Lodge, to the poor of the lord ship of Badenoch, thirty bolls of oatmeal, which was last week distributed among them by the Ministers of the three parishes of which the lott'. ship consists, together with 231. sterling in cash, fron► his Grace the Doke of GuanoN.—(Edia burgh Courant, August 18,) A Serjeant belonging to the 45th Regiment, on the recruiting service, at Huntdoll, last Wetl - forenoon received 100 lashes, for mutinous conduct. His sentence was GOO, but after re ceiving the above numbtr, Captain TUCKER, the Commanding Officer of the District, ordered him to be taken down. This man's flagrant breach of military order is the more to be lamented, hoot his having served in the army twenty years, 13 of which he has been a non-commissioned officer. Thursday the Ayrshire yeomanry cavalry, corn• manded by Lieutenant-Colonel BoswELL, and un der Cie immediate command of Major CanwrtTED, of Newfield, assembled 'at Ayr tor six days. The corps has recently been formed into four troops of tine looking men, in general very well mounted. The Rev. George Frederick Tavel, M. A. has been instituted to the Rectory of Campsey Ash, in tl:e county of Suffolk, on the presentation of the Trustees of the will of the late Peter Thellus son, Esq. of Brodsworth, Yorkshire. The Rev. Fleetwo,d Chutchill was on Saturday last insti tuted to the Vicarage of Roughton, Norlolk, itt the presentation of the Lord Pishop of Ely. Two hundred and fifty poor persons, who were lately forbidden to sell fruit, oysters, &c. in the public streets, applied on NVednestlav in a !Jody to the overseers of Marylebone parish, in order to throw themselves into the worldimuse, when they were told to follow their industrious occupation* without fear of molestation. A dreadful suicide was committed at Spalding by a young woman, not more than 16 years of age, daughter of Mr. Twelves, of Pinchbeck, and s, rvant to Mr. Dann, druggist, of the fotiner place, who rashly, and without any apparent cause, t o o k a l a r g e qu a ntity of arsenic, and, notwith. standing medical aid, died in extreme agony. AN EXTRAORDINARY SHOT.-011 Monday, Mr. liooTs, the Earl of CIIIC:iESTEE's gamekeeper, killed in.Stantnote Park, at one shot, three row hawks on the ‘viog, a sporting exploit, as it regards the hawk, not equalled, we believe, by ans. in the anitals of shooting. am MARRIAGE.—A few days ago a curious marriage took place at Luddington, in Yorkshire. The bride and bridegroom apprehending, front va rious circumstances, that there might be a great concoursi of spectators at the ceremony, took the precaution of approaching the church, which is situate amongst some fields, each with a hay-rake or fork, as if going to make hay. The mob, who intended to salute the bride, were by this ma noeuvre completely toiled. ANCIENT RING.—A very curious ancient gold ring was lately dug up in the garden of Sarah Bartlet, a poor woman who resides at Ilehester, It is of a large size, weighs above an ounce, and is eomposed of a gold coiu of the Emperor ALEX* ANDER SEVERUS in the highest preservation, set within a border as a ring, the reverse of the coin appears on the inside. The poor wom a n, i n , whose possession it is, has been bidden forty gui neas for it. EXECUTION AT LINCOLN.—William Longland, convicted at the late Lincoln Assizes of counselling; and abetting the burglary at Miss Morgan's, at Grantham, and whose execution was respired for fourteen days, suffered the sentence of the law, on the New Drop at Lincoln, on Friday Be ascended the platform with great firmness ; joined in prayer ; but protested his innocence of the plot to the last, saying he was a mur dered nian.—Longland had long been consi dered a bad character at Grantham, and is reputed to have been the chief organiser of a numerous gang of depredators, whose exploits at Grantham, Newark, Nottingham, Retford, &c. have occa sioned the greatest alarm. John Brown, Thomas Jackson, George Booth, and John King, convicted at the last Assizes tor, Derby, of setting fire to the hay and corn stac4 at Sotuliwit4. , field, the property of Winfield Hal ton, Esq. suffered on Friday last on the drop in front of the county gaol.