The Sun. — London, England, 1817-11-22 00:00:00

Alit. POO 1"S LETTER. • This Gentleman, as we, stated, would he. the case, bas thought proper to present to the Public, i❑ the shape of a pamphlet,- that Letter which first appeared in TH,s SUN, antJ which has obvi -omly made a strong impression on the public mind.—As, however, he has added a passage, we think it necessary to submit the additional re marks to ohr Readers. It -is somewhat curious that, wit-h affected delicacy, The Morning Chro nicle declined inserting Mr. FOOT'S Letter, though the naive of a Professional Gentleman, of long ex perience and high reputation, was annexed to it, yet thought proper to insert an anonymous one on the same subject, and .which seems to be .intended as a defence of Sit' RICIIARD CROFT, who, however, has not been called on for a De !fence, but an Explanation of circumstances, at rpresent wrapped in mystery, and which strongly 'excited anxiety among all ranks of the people : " If Dr. Srns was not in the chamber of the Princess before or at the delivery, I think, in his reflecting moments, he might be led to exclaim, somewhat after a line from the noble-minded Lord Byron, What business bad I there at such a time ! !' And so may Dr. Baillie perhaps also. " Another dilemma has been disclosed since the publication of my. Letter in THe SUN on the 13th instant, for every article in the deplorable transaction comes forth to the Public from some untoward cause or other, bit by bit, as mortal essences chymically extracted from deleterious matter. The 'Letter to Dr. Sims, summoning him to Clatemont, is said to be written, on Tues day morning, and Dr. Sims is said not to liave arrived at Claremont until Wednesday morn , itig, three o'clock. 'What is the hiStory of that Letter ? When was the Letter sent ?: Who carried it? - When and to whom was it ,de- , livered ? And what has been assigned why Dr. Sims did not ntrive at Claremont sooner ? " We have all seen in the Public Prints the copy of a Letter fro?) Sir Benjamin Bloomfi'eld, by command of his Royal Highness the Prince Re gent, to Sir Richard Croft. As this Letter is 'dated the Bth of, November, and as it is a Letter o'consequence of aMedical Report oftheparties ►lirectly concerned in all that passed in the fatal cha►uber of her late Royal Highness the Princess Chariot t e,. the Public are notwithstanding still left in the smite unexplu► u ttory dilemma they were before. The information which his Royal Highness the Prince Regent received.from the learned Doctor; and which induced his Royal Highness to give that command, could not have been given after the Bth, which is the (fate of the Letter, but might have been. given, and most probably it was, on the 7th, the day after the deplorable ca tastropl:e. • " This must have been a pericid•in grief of the highest afilictiOn, when the heart of Ins Royal Highness was in its extremest fuintis. Every one must know that his Royal HighnesS the Prince itegent must be content to receive that Report which was given hint front a Gentleman or Gene tlemen only who had been present in the fa. tat chamber, and every one must be satisfied that the Report was made to his Royal High= tress in the'most consoling manner possible. " As I know not }IOW to express what I feel on tfte condition of his Royal 'Highness's State of wind %% hen the dismal tidirigs were imparted to him better than by -what follows., let these words front Casimir speak for me:— Vires awicis perdit in nuribus 'lklinprcle semper dividitnr dolor Per molts'permissusvagari Pee t o ra PUBLIC MOM/MEWS TO THE MEMORY OF TFIE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE FOR TIIE SUN. EDITOR,—The suggestions which have been made in your Paper, for Subscriptions for erecting a Monument - to the Memory of the Prin cos CHARLOTTE, are deserving ofattention and sup port 5 but I should prefer local subscriptions, for the erection of different — Monuments in the Col legiate Churches in the several Dioceses... For instance, the money requisite for the erection of a Monument in St: Mary's Church, Cambridge, and in St. Mary's Church, Oxfoyl, might,' before the expiration of the present term, be raised in the two Universities. And in a similar manner, throughout the different Dioceses, might medns be obtained for erecting Monuments in all the Cathedrals within them. The smallest donations I should be received, and no time should he lost in opening Subscriptions for these purposes. Friday Night. ELEANORA. LM CABS, the Ptivate Secretary of BUONX PAWrg. SR/M(1 some time af4o to have been sent from St. Helena, arriVed the River on Monday from 'the Cape of Good Hope in the .Brilliant merchant mot. We ,omitted yesterday, in our list of the official persons who attended the funeral 'of her RoyAL HIGHNESS, the Officers of the Duchy of Cornwall, amongst them the Chancellor, Mr. LEACLI the A(totwey-General to the Prince, Mr. Serjeant liEsT ; the Solicitor-General to the Prince, Mr. WILLIAM HARRISON. GRIFFITHS, the nurse to the Princess CHARLOTTE, was presented with 150 guineas, by Prince LEOPOLD, the day after tile demise of his .Consort, and then dis Missed. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain M. HamILTO:sI was swot n info the command of the ship. Dunira, consigned to Beugal and China. • P 0 Elf It Y. M 0 N 0 D Y, SPOKEN BY MRS. BARTLEY, At Drury-Lane Theatre last Night. BavroNs ! although our task is but to shew The scenes and passions of fictitious woe, . Think not we come this night without a part , In that deep sorrow of the public heart, Which like a shade bath darl4n'd every place,' And moisten'd with a tear the manliest face. The bell is scarcely (tasted in Windsor's piles, That toll'd a requiem through the solemn aisles For her, the'llayal Flow'r, low laid inAust, That was your fairest hope, your fondest trust. Unconscious of the doom, we dreamt, alas That e'en these walls, e'er many months'should pass, (Which but return sad accents for her now), Perhaps had witness'd her benignant brow, Cheer'd by the voice you would• have . rais'd on high In bursts of British love and hiyalty. But pritain ; nine thy Chief„thy people, Mourn, And Clarcmont's home of love is left forlorn; There, where the happiest of the happy dwelt, The scutcheon gloomi—and Royalty bath felt A grief that every bosom feels its own— The blessing of a Father's heart o'erthrown— The most belov'd and most devoted Bride Torn from an agonized Husband's side, Who, bug as Memory holds her seat, shall view That sive:bless, more than spoken, last adieu ! When the fix'd eye long look'd connnbial faith, And .beatu'd affection in the trance of death. Sad was the pomp that yester night beheld, As with the Mourner's heart the anthem swell'd, While torch succeeding torch illumed each high And banner'd arch of England's chivalry--; The rich-plumed canopy—the gorgeous pall— The sacred march—and sable-rested wall— These we re not rites of inexpressive shew, But hallow'd, as tho types of real woe. Daughter of England! for a nation', sighs, A nation's heart went with thine obsequies And oft_shall Time revert a look of grief On thine existence, beautiful and brief. - Fair Spirit ! send thy blessing from abore 'To realms where thou art canouiz'd by love; Give to a Father's, Husband's bleeding mind, The peace that Angels lend to howan hind; To as, who in thy ; lov'd remembrance feel A sorrowing, yet a soul ennobling zeal— A loyalty that touches all the best And loftiest principles of England's breast ; Still may thy name speak concord from the tomb, Still in the Muse's breath thy memory bloom— They shall describe thy life, thy form poUrtray; - But all the love that mourns thee swept away 'Tis not in language or-expressive arts To paint—yefrel ;?, FOR THE SUN. ON THE POLICY OF PAYING TILE WAGES OF WORK. MEN ON FRIDAY, INSTEAD OF SATURDAY. EDlTOR,—Having frequently read with plea- 1 , satre observations in THE calculated mote the welfare, comfort, tool happiness of the lower orders of society, I beg leave to suggest that you would render a most essential service to • them and to the community, if, through the me dium of your widely-circulated Journal, you would strongly recommend all Masters and Manufactir rers to pay the wages of their worl;nen upon FRIDAYS instead Of Saturdays. The,reis:nothing,, perhaps, that would so effectually promote habits of economy, sobriety, and good order'amongst the poor, as this simple regulation; it is now ge nerally adopted in this city, to the great satisfac tion.of both master and servant ; and I am certain it only requires to - be mentioned, to he adopted by every considerate person in the Empire. It is only. the force of habit,. which has such powerful. influence over us, that can have prevented its `adoption long since. The workman's_ week may 'As well close on FRIDAY as on Saturday, and all that is necessary in commencing the plan, is to pay him his wages in the first week for five days instead of six, beginning a new week on the sixth day . . The advantages of - it are 'so obvious, that they' scarcely require to be, detailed. It is the interest as well as the duty of the master to pay his workman's wares at a time that they would be most useful and beneficial to him ; and their • value in some cases would be enhanced 20 per cent, by this measure. In all cases the opportu nity of choice and selection, in the purchases of the poor, which are generally made on Saturday evening, Avould be increased tenfold. Whoever has seen the crowded avenues in the markets . and butcher-stalls in London on Saturday, at an hour which ought to be dedicated to repose, " when night. almost contends with morning," must regret that custom should tolerate, and have even ren dered necessaiy, such an abuse ; and when the many temptations to .mis-spend their time and their money, which are unavoidably thrown in the way of the poor by its continuance, are - . consi dered, I think there is no doubt that it will cease at once by general consent. Viri l e !) u workman receives his wages on FRIDAY night, heln all probability takes home the money to his wife and family, and being conscious tliat he I►as to attend his work the next diky, he retires early to rest, and leaves to his wife'the careful and prudent disposal of it ; but on the Saturday night he has no suck restraining principle; the next day is a hoiday to him; it is set apart as a day of rest ;- nd if temptation assails him, he is perhaps incapable of resistance, a habit of dissipation is produced, alid " Saint Monday too . regularly follows the cessation from labour on the Sabbath, If the Managers and Directors of those. admi rable institutions,' SAVINGS' BANKB, would co-ope rate in this plan, by having those places of Ilepo sit , open regularly_upon Saturdays, it would serve materially to advance the objectsT of the institu tion ; they No coidttesseirtially promote the pro posed alteration by their influence and example, and if THE PIitESS lends its powerful aid, I think it could hardly fail to be general before the end of this . year. Cork, Nov. 11, 1817. PHILANTHROPOS. THE TH E.4.11tE. A Selection of Sacred Music ,was performed last night at Drury - Lane Theatre, for the purpose, we understand, of relieving those inferior Per forms:is of that Theatre who must have suffered severe privations on account of that suspension of all theatrical exhibitions which was essentially required by public feelings on the recent na tional calamity. The Committee of Management deserve 'particular praise for tl►e nature of - the Ex hibition which they thus brought forward as ap, propriate to the melancholy state of the Nation, and .for the solemn and impressive arrangements which they prepared for the occasion. The utmost cate was talt,en to 'render the wh,%le Intsiness of the evening an 'appropriate tribute to the memory of her, whose untimely loss the station is (loonies] to deplore. All the cushions in front of the boxes were covered with black ; the pillars which sus tained the several tiers were also pitt in mourning, and adorned' at the top with bows of white rib bands. A funeral scuicheon was suspended on'the left side of tl►e audience pint of the Theatre ; ,ast.l if any thing were wanting to make the sable pic ture complete, it was supplied by the dresses of the.numerous audience, among whom it was hardly possible to point out a single man or wo man who was o u t of 'mourning. This solemn entertainment, if we may use so light a word, on so awful an occasion, opened with the celebrated Requiem composed by MOZART, and i the Orchestra, which was filed by the beSt Mu • scians, performe'd it %yith,most impressive effect. ,NITS. : IikETLEY, at the coturrieneenrent of the se cond part, recited with great ability THE MONODY, wliich will be seen in another part of our Paper, and which strongly affected the audience. It is attributed to Mr. C,Amt.Bgt,L;the Author of '' The Pleasures of Hope." The rest of the evening'was devoted to miscellaneOns pieces, but all of the same solemn description, and were chiefly as fol lows :-1-lAisarEL's Funeral Anthem, the words of which were peculiarly appropriate— " When the ear heard her, then it blessed her; and .when the eye saw her, it Fav,e,witness of her. She delivered the poor that cried ; kindness, meekness, and comfort were in her tongue," &c. Holy, holy, Loi'd God Almighty," was done perfect justice to, by Hie exquisite melody of Mrs. SALMON,. and was most 'rapturously encored. Gentle Airs," finely - sung 'by Mr. T. COOKE, tras'also demanded. again. The Anthem composed by the late Rev; Dr. BLAKE, called for peculiar attention. The whole was received, as- it should be, not With loud accla mations, but the - more affecting expression of silent sympathy and sorrow. CONTAGIOUS FEVER. 'A very respectable Meeting was held yesterday, at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate, street, for the pnrpo.e of taking into considera tion the means of increasing the funds of the London Fever Society, to . enable that Institution to take proper steps to meet the late'increase of Infectious Fever.- Scion after one o'clock, the LORD MAYOR took the Chair, and opened to the Meeting the objects for which it was convened, and which, he observ ed, world he more fully (let oiled by those who had paid more attention' to the proceedings of this In stitution in question. He conceived he was per forming a part of his duty, in contributing his time to the assistance of a charity of (his sort ; and he wished to impress on the Meeting, that it was these seasons of distress.the duty of the wealthy to come formard to relievg the poor'and distressed. The Rev: JOHN HEWLETT,' of the Fever Hos 7 Htal, briefly mentioned the betretits ari+ging from the establishment, and urged thit a prevention should be given to Me spread of the contagion ; the necessity for an immediate exertion in which object .was apparent from the folldwing,corrobn "rated evidence of the alarming increase of fe ver Number of Typhus Patients adulated into the nouse. of } 124 Recovery, year endilig ApLi!, ISI7 Admitted monthly since, viz :—Nlay ' - . Jurnt . 9.8 July TO August . ., 63 September Bl October Total number of typhus ‘ in last six months.... .341 It might be truly staled, that all ranks and de scriptions were dceply concerned in this object, as the rapidity with which the disorder passed from one quarter to another could not be so effectually checked ris by Means of the Fever Hospital. He concluded by moving that the Report should be read. Mr. COLaUHOUN seconded the motion. His tory. he said, declared that in the year 1594 one fourth of the inhabitants of London perished by contagious fever ; in 1025, the number was thirty five thousand four hundred and seventy ; and in 1661, upwards' of 68,000 souls were lost by the disorder. The States Of Barbary were - now suf fering'ffom a plague, and had their pirates upon ,the Atlantic. Charleston, and other parts of Ame rica, were- losing at the rate of 40 and 50 souls a day ; and our danger was, no doubt, increased, from the existence of an unavoidable intercourse. In 1750; a gaol fever in London took away, amongst its numerous victims, two Judges, a Lord Mayor, an Alderman, and several of the spectators .who attended at the trials in the Old .Baiky. Iu 1781, an alarm existed that a recurreuce of those calamities was about to Cake place, and in that year the Fever Institution originated. The bene ficent results Were well known ; the diseases of a contagions-riature A - weresoon reduced to one-third. As to. the causes of the present state of disease, they might be traced, independently Of foreign importation, to the poverty of the times, the want. of provisions, .the crowding of families into narrow apartments, in alleys and courts, where people, to the number of 500,000, were g :1- nerally collected, without the means of a free respiration. The benevolence of The public should, therefore, be immediately ,exercised. — There was a feature in this Institution which did not present itself in ,any other ; it included a pre ventive system as well as a cure--;-ackanser was sent about to the apartments where contagion was supposed to lurk; with quick lime, which he im- mediately applied, and the patient was removed from the house, which thus became very soon fit fora healthy res►dent. By the care which tile Alembeis of the Institution were taking in this cipient state of the disorder, if the means were li berally supplied, the calamity would no doubt •be arrested. Alderman ATKINS agreed in the observations just mentioned, and trusted the • meeting , tVotild sanction this application. lie moved a resolutian expressive_ of the advantages wising from the Institution. Mr. WxwAms stated:that,the Common Conn cii were now engaged upon the %uhject, all Would no doubt act with their accustomed liberality upon an occasion so important ,to .the community: Ii mentioned several very desperate cases of fever, one of which was that of a family in Yorkshire, into whose house, in consequence of the Conta gion, nobody entered for eleven days.' Fwd and other necessaries Were lifted in a basket at the window, and a Mother and her two children fell victims to the disorder. Ile also repeated the par ticulars of the des!ruction of a whole .181114 at Leeds, which reminded us of the sudden depopn- Winn of a plague, 'and contains too many hor rible peculiarities to be mentioned in any other than a general way. Sir CHARLEsi2r i owita said; that Avords would be unnecessary after what had been he tr.d, and moved that a subscription should he immediately'opened. Mr, PARRY, an East India Director, declared, as Vice President of the Institution, that none could be better managed. He hoped the sub scription would be general, for all were interested. To his own family the Rospital had been of the 'utmost service, by an almost immediate cure of one of his servants, whom he would have kept io the house but for the much better accommodations preSented by the Institution. The fact was, if, he was himself afflicted by the fever, he would prefer going into that Hospital 'to staying io his own house. He concluded by saying, that the Di. cc tors of the East India Company had- ,voted 100 guineas to the service of the Insiitution. Mr. SHORT proposed that a statement of the ob 7 ject of the Meeting should. be prepared for the Public, and that their support should .be solicit ed.—Agreed to. Sir T. BELL said, the money collected on 'the occasion would be as advantageous to the giver as to the receiver. He.rejoiced to have it to say that the prisons were, pretty free.from disorder, and moved, that a Memorial should bepresented to all Public. Companies for a subscription for the ob ject of supporting the Institution. ..Doctor THORNTON stated to the Meeting, that he had used yeast and porter in the numerous 'cases of fever he attended with great effect ; the cure of the disorder, almost without exception, followed. A pennyworth of salt and a penny worth of vitriol would always operate as a _pre eentive, hy being applied as a fumigation - ; a little nitre and a little sulphur would answer the same purpoSe. Mr. pATNE / described the funds of the,lnstitu lion as extremely low. He moved that all parishes should be solicited to subscribe. Mr. Wilkes, - Alderman Birch, Dr, Adams, Mr. Dixon,. and Alderman Atkins, having also strongly recommended the plans-proposed, all the Resolu tions were unanimously agreed to. A most liberal subscription was immediately entered into.- DuEL.-- , Yesterday morning, about 7 o'clock, a dtiel was fought on Blackheath,, between two -Gentlethen, the one residing in that neighbour hood, and the other a little distance from Nor wood. The dispute originated a few days age, respecting • some pecuniary speculations. Mr. W--, the former Gentleman, was seconded by a friend of his in 'Broad-street ; Mr. T--, by his partner in Bishopsgate-streer. The par ties met in the hollow of the • Heath. The ground was paced out, and they exchanged shots without effect ; on the second fire; Mr. W.'s ball grazed Mr. T.'s shoulder, on which the seconds interfereu, and a reconciliation was effected. BosT OF PRINCESS CIIAR,LoTTR.-The Nobility and Gentry are respectfully acquainted that Mr., JoHN TURNERELLI has ' . obtained LiF. Brother's permission to use the copyright fur Casts . of the Bust of the much-lamented Princess.—The ginal Bust is the full size of life, trom'which one, (the half propclion) has, been faithfully copied ; and from the peculiar circumstance of her . Royal Highness having exclusively sat to Mr. P. Tor nerelli several times previous.to'and on the ,day of her Marriage, more than two hours, to•complete the likeness, it is presumed that it will be a very desirable Memento to . her Royal Highness's friends, who may inspect the same at No. 67, Newman-street. 'l'lle followin article from the London Gazette, of 14th October 1817, was o►nitted for want of room : L" Whitehall, Sept : 29, 1817. " His Royal Highness the - Prifice Regent !lath been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to grant unto Lieutenaikt and Adjutant Robert Gilbert,of the Royal Marine Artillery, his Majesty's Royal License and Authority, that he may ac.cept and wear the insignia of a Knight of the Imperial Russi#n Order of tit. %Vladimir, of the fourth class, with which hi:; Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias has leen pleased to honour that Officer, in testimony of his approbatton of the signal intrepidity displayed by him, in command of a Corps of Royal Marine Artillery (employed as a‘ Rocket Corps,`, at the siege of Dantzic, in the year 1813." A ROYAL Ft3n.--Y"sterday NELSON, the De puty Water-bailiff, waited upon the Loan MAY Oa and presented him wi-h a live storgeon,which just been caught at Bugsby's Hole, upon the River Thames, within the ,jurisdiction of the City of London. The fidi ‘veighed upwards of sixty pounds. The Loan Ahvort, aArecahle to custom, ordered the sturgeon to be conveyed a, a present to his floYal Highness the PIIINCE REG4NT. Ca'anNEICSISOOEST —An Jusqest . Was held at thelslng and Queen, Bethnall-green, on the body *of tf::.Vornatt enknOwn;who was found drowned i l ia pond by a clog, as' recently stated. She appear ed to have been in the water a considerable time ; she WAS 5 feet 2 inches hiet, black hair, about . 36 years of age ;. she wore a black cotton gown, and black bonnet, black worsted stockings, and a' white cotton handkerchief on her neck : she had nothing in her pocket but a piece of copper and a cap ; there were no walks of violence on the body. No evidence being before the Jury to shew by %Olaf means she she came there, they returned a verdict of—Found Drowned. d id U (~ 01 tei,o e~~ ,~ Z `~ ji 3 ,, r~ re 81 0 : ;,14- , ~1~ ~t~y~