The Sun. — London, England, 1817-12-17 00:00:00

vii 1 4 1-iE 'SUN. LETTER 11. Ala, Esai.on,—lt is not becauSe improper per "ns should he excluded a profession, that none o n On a Portrait* iif tie bite Princess CTIAITLOTTC, painttd during the Infuley of her Royal Highness, by ftl A .005.17.41'. Touch'd by MARIA 9 s r„ r ins, here we trace The. pensive softness of inatet ❑al grace, Sin:odt% that ► i .;cr;)tly tvod, , Beams in the feat Ires of the lovely (Mild, While in.BertANNzA's awful for, we see The patriot zeal that lteePs an Empire tree: Hence we inft.r that all those merits dwell In ber Whose poW'rs. can picture thr.ii so well. Such was the tribute to ig.ArttA paid, When her skill this noble Group peurtraed: Alasl.what sad reenls have since been known ! Lost is the FAIR ICCCESSOgio the Throtie, Anti, w!.ile titankind the fatal loss deplore, Tit c NiOTgER wanders to a foreign shore: FITTANNI . 0111 y of t h e GiouP remains, To guard the fa . s.,,ti‘eil isles where FR EDOM reiktts' • A fine Mezzetinto,,Plate of this beantaUi 'Picture is in posseisieo ENGLISH DRA ric IVRI MRS. • • • Tlne Analytical Essays, on-t1)43 Early , Engl4l Dratinttists, in iii.kcit,Woon's Edinburgh Magazine lire written with great taste, nisei imination, ant indginent. That on IVlAntauCvisEdicard the Second afforded ua.great pleasure -; the selections from it are admirably calculated to draw the public atten tion to the writings of 'thin hivouri(e author, and to revive a taste for the literar'y prOthictions of the Elder Poets. The scene in Kenilworth CaStie is most •.ppropriately given as a specimen of Man- Loves talents for drathatic 'composition ; it is worthy of SHAKSPAARB, and the King's Address o the Bishop of Winchester is beautiful "•Leier-ster' if gentle words might comfort me, Thy.speeches long ago had eased my sorrows; For kind and loving host thou alwa.ys been. The griefs of private men are soon allayed, But not of Kings. The forest deer being struck, Runs to aulterb thht eloseth up the wounds ; But when th' imperial Lion's flesh is gored, He rends and tears it with his wrathful paw, And highly scorning that the lowly earth Should drink his blood, mounts up into the air. And so it fares with me, whose dauntless mind Th' ambitious Mortimer would seek•to curb ; And that unnatural Queen, false Isabel, 'Who thus bath punt and mewed me in a prison. For such outrageous passions cloy my soul, As with the wings of rancour arta disdain Full often am I soaring to high Heaven, TO plain me to the Gods against them both. But when I call to mind j am a King, Methinks I should revenge one of the ierutgi That Mortimer aunt Isabel have done. But what are Kings when regiment is gone, But perfect shadows ;u a sunshine day.? My Nobles rule—l hear the name of king ! 1 wear the Crown, but art controurd by them, By Mortimer, , and my unconstaut Queen, Who spots my nuptial bed with infamy, I ant lodged within this i.,11 , e of care, Where sorrow at any elbow still attenits To company my heart with sad laments, That bleeds within nte for this shame and cN01574. But tell me, must I now resign my Crown - To make usurping Mortimer a Kin- . ?" • Christopher 'Marlow, the au thor of this ittle• restive play, was born in the reign , of King Ed. ward VI. and was educated at Bennet College, Camhiidge, where he took the degree of Master of Arts in 1587. He was much estecated by Ben. Jonson, and most of our early writers. Henry -Petowe, who, in 1598, pnblishcii a translation of Hero and Leander, s'.tet-iks thin of Marlow What mortal soul with Marlow might contend ? . Whose silver charming tongue moved such delight, That melt would shun their sleep in still Glatt: night To meditate upon his golden lines'." If the Editors of the Edinburgh Magazine con - tinue to give the public such rich, varied, and in teresting intellectual feasts, it will justly become the most popular and learned monthly publication of the day. The other articles in this Avork are of a superior order and we never rose from the perusal of any periodical publication with more general satisfaction and pleasure than we did trot his 'Magazine. THRATRP. —Though the new Opera, en titled Outwitted at Last, was so roughly handled at Drury-lane Theatre, the llanage rs, trusting to the liftable nature of the multitude, ventured to bring it forward again last night. It has 'under gone ample pruning, and appeared in a more compact shape, but still it'was not well relished by the andience, and probably will soon conclude its dramatic rareer. INcLEDow's rotccess in America has exceeded the most sanguine expectations of his friends --, His first six nights at New York produced 7,73) dollars. His debut exceeded in attraction that of Cooxs, the receipts a►trounting, to 1814 dollars, being twelve more than the sum taken on Cooxe's first appearance on the same boards. - Cnrnhill at present has become one of the must fashionable promenades of the day—our ' fair pedestrians have deSeried the West End of the Town, and crowd tlaily into the Coy. Whe- Alter this is occasioned by an anxiety to be pos sessed.of a Chance that may obtain them the Fotia Prizes of 20,0001. which mant,,t -be drawn Next Saturday, is uncertain ; but we know that the Offices of G. CARROLL, the Contractor, have .been visited by an assemblage of rank and beauty 'rarely equalled, particularly since be had 'the - pleasure o f s elling CM the last day- of Drawing 4345, a Prize of 20,0001. in Shares. Sonic of the Numbers already drawn Blanks in the present Lottery will most likely become, Next Saturday, Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds. Strange as this may appear, it is no more than froth; as all the 5700 likuks drawn o►► the last Day of Drawing, that were not entitled to money, «•ill be put into- the w'. eel again and r.•-drawn. The last and only Lottery drawn on this plan was in July last, when No. 4367, drawn the First Day a Blank, was on die Second Day drawn a Twenty Thousand Pound Prize, and sold by BISH in Sixteen Sixteenth Shares ; therefore as he is the only Office-keeper that has ever yet sold a Prize of that nature, many are of opinion his Offices will be the favourites at Fortune Next Saturday, when the Four 20,0001. and minor Ca pitals must all be drawn. In the present Lot tery, Bun has already sold one 20,0001. in twelve Shares, besides several other Capitals,. all in Shares, 4110 1114 prepare [Hatters of common place. t he SCRIVENERS fortnerly.did with credit and repu- This Cation ; but since they ha've been superseded by t he assumption of usurers, it becomei the dignity ‘ 4 the Law to keep these lotusts at a due diStance. It May be difficult to desc . fibe who, in partieolar, ' ir e exceptionable ; lint in general none should he al lowed to practice as Conveyancers, who either have n o t prepared themselves for the profession, nr who are not actually in it. Land Stewards to Noblemen, Bailiffs, and some f ew others, may make leases and agreements With t he Tenants, and fill up bonds, &c. They form no part of those who are well grounded Coovey lineers. It is the illicit invasion of a kik% till pro 'libce by buccaneers that o u g ht to be re p resse ; la the early part of Elizabeth's reign, an Act PaSsed which imposed a penalty on 411 persol,s * ho carried on trade, in which they had not serv,d 411 apprenticeship ; and as it secincd to bear hard 4 Pon the hidostrionS. the sun after .lettti min td, that a trade which nfl require special skill \vas Ho t w ithi n it ; nor .7 an ipprt nticeship neces sary to carry it on in a t t 1 rt e, or tor any ttatle tint Itftmed in the Art. it n.,s Iso held, that carrying it on for see, n years as a master or servant, with -0111 i n t o p ,pi l ,ol, who I)ad !ot served an appren ticeship , 0 was ri.,t within it. The words are, h av i„„ 5 ..., e 41 as a n a pprentice, from «hence those wh o se h a ve worked is masters, and thei r 'wires, eri r (le,rn!d sufficient to cat ry 'in arty ,Where .y the I.•4riiiil rigour of this Act Was sottetn d by general adjodiclttions, down to tte. time s,f Mr. Serjeant Onslow's Act, for int- Provement ibrreni. Apply this 'doctrine to the Bill proposed, and •!!andinlv ask whether it he necessary ? Many in terlopers in Cnnveyancing derive considerable Nofit from r, as no wore than QUACKS. Are Ilt& se competent ? 1! not, their ends will soon he subdued ; t heir ignorance discovered, end none Will employ than AR in trade, %vitas() sells a had a rticle will decrease his enstoin, in like man tier the has.ard Conveyancer will be avoided, and thus :lie esil of both will be cured, without the int en ded Bill. It is hard to distinguish the able, from the in- Potent , in l,e business of Conancing. No Ulan should be locked not from any occupation he is fitted for, whythri in trade, counnerce, or oilier aud as to his fiine•s no previous examina tion can be equal io experience. Who examines a liarristcr ?—No one ! tie pats himself in the balances, and if he be for m a wanting, he fails in Lis put puss Who examines an' Attorney ?—A Judge at Chambers'? anti having asked him whe- Th e e or not he koo.vs his business ? he answers thot.gh improbable he sinyabl. On the whok, what is meant by the name Con- Itvancer In l ac Law, it IS the indicious drafts roan of com , non assurances. Among mounte baiAs, it is a ing•giel with his cups and balls ; and aitong ti,teecs, it ie he suitting of property out of the Lands .! the lawful owner into their own, It is indefinite. Our Sir Thomas Moore, Sir c olLy Vahner„ Sir Orlando Bridgman, Sm. were Lawyers, and who are they of hat , r date that de terve the uame ? A Fitmer, a Booth, a Banks, a Duane as were a Warren, a Fry, a Grifli 6,e., in law proceedings ; but these were always in ;heir learned e mploy, though neither Barristers nor Attornies, and-they prepared many to become both. Let, then, a fair comparison be made between Teter ins in ability, aud modern pretenders of no ability, *hove the cunning of Jew brokers and money-lenders ; 'rho have none of their own when, it it be Possible to separate them, let the one be p:otected by law, and the other by law excluded. AN OLD BARRISTER. *** The subject of the foregoing Letter, and the discussion to which this Paper first gave occa sion, has, we find, male a strong impression on the Members of the Law.—We have received th e thanks of many of I hat Profession, Barristers as well as Actoruies, and nur Paper shall be freely open to whatever may tend to advance its interests and support its credit. - - A noted Boatman on an Italian Lake, :of mo Bern celebrity, should be more cautions in the anecdotes with which he amuses his' passengers. This fellow, it is said, deals out scandal by whole sale, without regard to sex, rank, or c haracter. The breakfasts of English Ladies in " the Golden days of Good Queen Bass" consisted of beef-steaks and mild ale ; but now, forsooth, it is said to be the fashion of some a our expatriated dames, to indulge themselves at that meal with red herrings and brandy ! BoxErts.—Vcsterday the long-pending hattle between Painter and Sutton the Black, took place within fourteen miles of Norwich ; and, after titing an hour and forty-three minutes, the Black was beaten. CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 17.—Owing to con trary winds we have had no fresh Arrivals since Monday, and this morning we have Ito ercat deal of business doing ; the feat sales made in Fine %Vheat and Oats were at Monday's prices ; Fine Barley supports its price.—ln Pease and Beans there is no alteration. Yesterday morning, about half-past six o'clock. one of the chiinnies in the Bank of England caught fire, and burnt furiously for a short time ; some persons going by at the time observed the flames and rang the bell, when ten or twelve of the porters appeared on the roof and succeeded in put ting it out. Mr. CURWEN has commenced a most extensive experiment in feeding with salt. The period is yet too short to speak decisively. Already, how ever, sticks of all kinds give the most decisive proof of thyeir predilection for salt : it renders the wildest animals donde and familiar. SMITHFIELD CI A - 13 CATTLE SHEW. • On' Mundy morning early Mr. SAbt..Ett's yard tine crowded in an unusual degree',...ooocipally by trles..lesmen, hitchers, and grrttiers, &c,, floor Martat , were eager,to,,nspect HMI handle the prising cattle', sheep, anti pigs Which were in the Snow. • At fnpr o'clock. a Meeting of-the Club ,!Ook place at Freeturiswrs' Tavern. Sir J. S. SulntionT. Bart. in the Chair, when, after some; rout Me bu.kess, ten new Meinhers were elected_viZ. tinneywood, Henry C4inphe"l Esq., T. I.,s3in g -be r ti, jun. Esq: 2 t,. ijonders, Esq., Captain Ge,age. Eittrris, MesSti. liaywitril, Baylis .<3..tteithrow, Jani , _•s King, Charles Eininerson,. and 'Thomas Adams. „Adjourned, to t id of March next. • • Dirisett.--At five o'clock DlOre than se verity persons, principally 11tembers of-the Society, sat down to Hi! cieellent dinner, Sir jotitg S. SE &Ramp in tite,Cliair, supported ,by_ a long list of the celehraied breeders . of improved live stock, who,. through twenty years past, have aitno,%t in variably attended in. their places at this dinner. After the cloth was Withdra,wn, Sir JOHN Tlic K,ing"—" The Prince Regent." At a tate hour the company separated; much pleasett with the entertainment. iNTELLiGENCE - : Ltw iNfELLIt; ENC E. coiniT O . F CII,NCEItY, DEC. [U.' CRUDEN'S CONCORDANCE. hiAWMAN AND OTHERS V. NUTTALL AND Co: . I'ltis was an on behalf of, the de fendants, tvho fire bookselfer3 fitLiverpnol, it) di.”oiye tint Hunftion, 0.0 tained. by the plaiti,f and forty-six oilier Lopdno l.ookseifers, in May last, restraining thew !rout tro continuing the oiti,,,, t nsbliet! by them;. ,ot Concordance, on the, ground of its . containing ,e 0.7 rinos corrections and additions taken front a 6tli edition, of which the copyright was in the plain- i Mr. AGAR and Mr. 110UPELLa for dissolving the injunction, obierved„ that the corrections adopted in the defendant's publication were of too minute a nature to constittne, an exclusive copyright, and that they hail not .been adopted without a labo riotis and expensive enquiry,as to their justness, before they were adm;tted .into the still further improved edition, of the defendants.. They con tended also, that there,, was no sufficient proof with regard to the ailthor of the 6th edition, who , was merely said to be a Mr. Deotlatus Bye, who had been fullY remunerated for his labour. But corrections in punctuation, or a n.o e complete accuracy in ,referring. to particular words in ano ther book ; (the Scriptures), seemed to be rather the.employment of a stationer's clerk, than of a literary man. The other points on which it was submitted the injunction ought not to'be conti nued, were ,the length of time which had elapsed befOre the plaintiffs applied for it, notwith:tand ing the prespined knowledge they had of the pub lication, and the fact by-which they failed of their right, that th . ey.had neglected to enter their own work at Stationers'-flall. • BOW-STREET . . , USE or CH1 , 11?51E5 ON Frat.--,Yesterday an appeal against the order of a Magistrate, of rather an extraordinary nature, can oil %li t he heard before, Mr. Its fttem„fiy Mr. Fox, tailor And woollen -draper, of, EP ng-st reet , Covent-garden, requiring him to pay the WestorinsterFire-ottice men, and other per sons,,the regular rewards which . are directed to be paid by Act of Parliament for the three first engines which arrive at a fire. A chimney in Mr. 'Fox ' s house bein* clearly proved to have been on hi e, the Magistrate asked Mr. Fox the ground of his objection to paying the.eushanary rewards to the three first engines, which was admitted to be a most excellent regu lation ? .Mr. Fox replied-that ,his objections. arose from the chimney which was ou fire belonging to a room which was not occu pied by hiM. The Magistrate presumed that it was occupied by part of his family. Mr. Fox denied that it was, hut admitted that it was occu pied by Mr. and Mrs. Liston, the 'Comedians, who were his lodgers, and urged that they ought to pay the rewards for the engines, as it was their chimney in which the fire broke out. The Magistrate informed Mr. Fox,. that lodgers were not known to Parish Officers ; he, as tho housekeeper, was rated in the Parish boOks, and was answerable for every thing re lating to his hoUse. Mr Fox still expressed himself dissatisfied. The M if,ristrate asked hint if he insured his house,? Mr. Fox admitted that he did. The Magistrate asked him if he insured the whole of his house ? Mr. Fox allowed that he did. The Magistrate then said, of course the ttpartments Mr. and Mis.Lktou occapied were included, mid Mr. Fox must pay the Looney. Mr. FoX'aslical the Magistrate if he could recover it again of Mr. Liston ? The Magistrate dirt not gire an opinion on this point, hut said it was ulos‘ probable Mr. pston would pay 1s in, as the fire was in the chimney of his apartment. Mr. Fox again appealed to the Magistrate, to know if the chimney had bevel swept within a certain time of the tire tak ing placr, if it would not exonerate him from the rewards. The Magistrate, in reply, said he knew there was such a • received opinion, but he knew of no Net to authorize it. The following is a correct urn of the Officers mad Alea lost Ott board the- transport, DA- A • • VIDSON, Insster, hound tor South AM. I'ICA : Second Hussars.—Colonel Robert Skeene ; Majors Adair, ,Daron Hechlerman, Jones, and Mead; Captains Harrison, M'Kenzie, Shaw, hymns, Whittant, Shrubs:de, Glennie, and Poe; Lieutenants Molloy, A. i.indey, Brugien, Arabia, Elise, tVitlinall, Wiggins, IWParlane, .leirnan, and Stamper; Cornets Little, Dutton, and Read; -Assistant-Sur grim Masters, Quarter-Master Austin, and Veterinary-Sur geon Fowls - . Colonel Campbell's Regiment.—Captain O'Connor, Lieut. M`Laren, and Ensign O'Connor. Colonel M•Donald's Regiment.—Major Hart (supposed to be on board); 'Cornets Garner and Spearman, and Veterinary- Surgeon Colonel Sheneerton's Regiment --Lieutenant St ndd ; Pas senger, Mr. Palmer, It. N. ; lion-commissioned °dicers, Pri vates, and Servant, 117; Women, 12; 1 Child; Ship's Crew, including Master and Mate, supposed 24. Abstract.--011ieers, 39; Non-commissioned, &c. 711 ; WLmen, li; 1 Child; Crew, 24—Total, 193. THE NEW POST-OFFICE. --'Yesterday a Jury was impatinelled at the Lord Mayor's Court, Guildhall, to assess the value of a house, No. g, George-street, Foster-lane, inhabited by Mr. Er..t.ts, a baker, and which -stands on ilia intend ed site of the New Post-Office. The Corpora tion bad sent surveyors to look at the premises, who aleclared that 400 L. would be a sufficient compensation for their loss. Mr. ELLIS demand ed 9621. After hearing witnesses, and the speeches of Counsel on both sides, the Jury gave a verdict of 4611. as damages to Mr, ELLIs. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.-The bodi e s twu persons (male and female) were last week discovered in the vault of St.- Saviwir's Church; in the Borough, which, it is estimated, have been buried near SO years ; but no trace - can be had of who they were, althmugh search has been made in the books for that purpose. It was not the cus tom to bury in lead 60 years ago, and the woodee coffins hevine wholly fallen to decay. have left the bodies in a very high state of preservation, coosie Bering nopaios have apparently been taken to preserve them. The skeletons are in the first place entire, and the skin has dried upon the hones so perfectly as to admit of their being placed erect. The nails remain, but the hair is totally gone.— The man is of the heighth of six feet, appears to have been very muscular. and is conjectured to have died suddenly, from the circumstance of not being emaciated. A round hole is seen high sip in the chest, and between that and the shoulder, sufficiently large to admit a pigeon's egg, and on the corresponding spot on the back there is the appearance of a cicatiiee. It is therefore proba ble his death . was occasioned by a bullet.. The muscles of the legs have a fibrous appearance, and somewhat resembling the fleshy.side of leather, after the operation of tanning, before it is ham mered. His age may be supposed to he that of about 45, mend face, prominent noso, aud_what is singular in both is, the eyes have not sunk at all. The female has nothing remarkable, exc,pt Cie a:lse:trance of having, had a great bulk of fl, sll round her neck, and which has dried itt;o . a con. siderable ridge on the back part. Her ate may , be estimated to have been about 6tT, and possesses a great fulness in . the face. The action. tit the air is supposed to have had the tendency of stip ' irking the skits since they have been found ; and they have therefore been replaced in fresh cart's. Sir S. RomiLLy, Mr. BELL, ilnd Mr. SHAD-. WELL, on the other side, argued, that it was clear the corrections and additions in. question were 'of the greatest importance to the value of a book of reference, were the result of great labour as , .well as of expense. and therefore entitled the plaintiffs to the exclusive benefit of them, accord ing to the principles established in all the cases in which copyright bad come in question. I,Vhe ther the circumstance of equal time and diligence being employed in examining and verifying such improvements, before they were received amongst other improvements in a subsequent edition of the same work, made any difference, might perhaps deserve to be tried at law,; but the defendants had not put it. urn.) that ground; and they trusted, therefore, that it an action was to be brought,. the injunction might continue in the mean time. With regard to the time whiCh had elapsed, the defendants had no cause to complain of what . had enabled them to reimburse themselves for the ex pense which they had incurred in invading the plaintiff's property. The objection as to the' edition not having been s i ntered at Sta.. tioners'-Hall was one which it was not necessary to refute. The f►nal hearing. was adjourned in cons(venee -of the C)nincellor being under the necessity of going to the House of Lords. COURT OF KiNG'S BENCH, Dec. 16. ASNACLL WHITFIELD AND WIFE V. BURROW AND POUR OTH E.RS. These were two actions of assault arising ant of the same transact ion, the 'one by husband and wife, and the other bv . the husband alone against the -five defendants. The one, Burrow, was the keeper of a mad-house at Hoxton, and the others tradesmen in the neighbourhood. The transac tion was as fisllows :—Toe plaintiff was a wine and porter-mercbant, residing in the Commercial road, and on the 31st of July last, Mrs. W. had been to a neighbouring shop, and was returning home, being within one hundred yards of her own I door. The five defendants came from Lucas; street, where it was stated they had been, at a spat ring match, and all surrounded Mrs. Whit field, using some. indecorous familiarities with tier ; but none sif them could he distinctly spoken to except Burrow, who hail a short leg and wore an iron stilt. Mrs. W. screamed out, and just then her husbsud happened to be passing, and seeing his wife had been ill treated, he rushed in, and gate some one of the patty a blow. This was returned by Burrow, by giving the husband which knock( d him down, and at th e s ame 1a blow 'time he gave him a kick with his iron shod foot, which broke his kg. In this state several per sons •came-ttp, and the defendants were forced to go to the Half-way House, in that neighbour hood, when they were compelled to.give their several names and residencies ; but Burrow be hared so outrageously, that he was taken to the watch-house, and confined all night. The Jury, in the first action, for assaulting the wife,„ found the defen dants all Guilty, and a Shilling damages ; aid in the second, lot assault ling the husband, found B urrows onl y Guilty, awl damages 100/. It blew laSt night, and at an early hour this morning, a strong gale from the sow h-east. We fear ow shipping on the coast have suffered front its violence. Madame de STAEL's Memoirs of her Father will appear, on Satitrday next, in French and English.. They are preceded by an introductory Sketch of the Author, extracted from the Mercure, edited by M. BKNJAZYIIN DE CONSTANT, and which concludes with the following affecting passage ;—" I invite all who would offer homage to talent or render . justice to m.ignanimity, all in whom genius in. spires a dmiration, or goodness awakens sympathy, to peruse precloos !Memorial inscribed on a father's tonal by 'that daughter who is now art in mate.* the, sabre grave. I invi,e to the perusal of this work all who •anuld really know Madame de STAEt.,_ whose qualities can btu he imperfrctly described front her other %/OrkS, nnd more pettedly still in thOse which shall he here r her written to illustrate her character. Who indeed shall describe her ? They who - tegret her feebly, know not how to execute the task ; those who regret her, as she deserved to be regretted, can. not attempt