The Sun. — London, England, 1806-01-23 00:00:00

Mr. Fttr. Tins virtuatis' and distinguished trrilitOut of la nian nature closed his earthly career this morning, at half four o'clock, an event that, in the pre sent state of things, cannot but be considered /as a loss to the world at large, as well as to this Country. He expired without a struggle, and although his frame V 4 as completely exhausted by the severity of his disorder, he retained the powers of his mind to the last and awful moment which terminated his existence in this world. His Mend, and the Pre ceptor ofhis youth,the Bishop of LIN colai,remained with him till the last. It is as difficult for us to express our grief on the loss of this great man, as to do justice to his cha ra&er. After a long and painful illness, borne with that fOrtitude which uniformly marked his condu& in public life, he has at length closed a career of pre eminent glory as a Statesman, an Orator, and a Pa triot. He might be said to have been born a States man, At the very commencement of his public career, he manifested a comprehensive mind, that excited 'the wonder of those who were old in politi cal life ; and though his. enemies accused him of over-weening confidence in his own talents, his re liance on himself was the unavoidable result of a mina 'Conscious of great powers, fairly estimating those powers in compaiison with the most exalted of cornpetitors. This convi&ion of the extent of his capacity induced him, almost at his entrance into political life, to decline a subordinate situation; alld the firmness and ability with which he main tained his ministerial post, though assailed by. 4. suc cession of some of the greatest men which this Country ever produced, .affords abundant proof that he was not mistaken in his estimate of his own ta lents, It is needless to enter into a detail of his , Political History. All the events of that history have hap pened within the memory of us all, for he may be said' to have ended. his days almost at the meridian of life. His most violent opponents, however they might affea to censure what they held forth as his ,pride and presumption, nevet could deny that his abilities were-of the highest class, and never could , they attempt to impeach the purity of his principles. but his pride Was the pride of virtue, and his pre sumption was .only apparent in his aspiring. at - that elevation to which his powers were fully competent, and which he was resolved to em ploy for the interest and honour of his Coun try. But it was not only fur the glory and security of Cheat Britain that this pre-eminent Statesman exer cised his _vast powers : When that dreadful volcano, the French Revolutiou,burst upon mankind,and when many apparently - sound minds were dazzled with • its glare, Mr. PITT saw its horrors in full force, and by - his determined firmness, wisdom, and persevering a&ivity,effeflually saved this Country from being in volved in the direfulconsequences of that tremendous convulsion of the-civilized world. By his unabating zeal and provident counsels we have been guarded from the baneful contagion of Tevolutionary dotarines,and though ruin and misery havelalien on many. States, and seems to impend over others, this Country is free, formidable, and, we trust, secure. It must, indeed, be acknowledged, that in him we have lost the great prop of our security, but the effect of his counsels and the force of his example, will, -we hope, with the blessing of Providence, be 'still 'our protthion. As a Politician, therefore, h preserving the pre sent and guarding against the future, Mr. PITT had a full, opportunity of ; proving the cornprehensiveness of his mind at a period of the most imminent peril. The Patriot in this respeEt is intimately blended with the Statesman. As an Orator, no description' will reach his merits. He must have been heard, 'or no accurate - conception could be formed of his powers. In supporting the cause of truth he had the thunder of the. Grecian, and on occasions that less appealed to the energies of his mind, he had also the polish of the great Roman Ora: tor. In refuting the arts of sophistry, nothing could be more clear, cogent, and conclusive than his reasoning ; and in exposing the designs of Faction, nothing Could be more severe than the point of his, sarcasms. All who were not really ani mated in what they said by real patriotism, and a wish to promote public good, shrunk appalled before him. He, however, shrunk from no man, because the solid basis of his own charafter was public spirit. We have given here a faint sketch of this great and illustrious charaater ; but hiStory will do him She will bury in oblivion all opprobrium cast on him by the envy, the low passions, and the sordid interests of his political adversaries, and hold him forth to posterity as one of the purest and most exalted characters the world ever saw, as. a StateSL man, an Orator, and a genuine Patriot. - We cannot close this taint outline of this great man more properly, than by applying to him what _Was said of his illustrious father—" RECOUDED Ifo - shall gather round HISAONUMENT, and thicken aver him. It is a SOLID FAIIRICK, and will support the laurels tliat . ad.;rn ustice. Mr. PITT was in the 47th yeat..of his age, -He was born on the 28th of May, Vit)g, Ite was tb second son of the 31111511401.1. i WILLIAM Earl of Crr IT= HAM, and only surviving brother of, the present Eftel. He was never married. Mr. PITT held the Offices of First Lord of .tho Treasury, Chancellor of the Ekchequer, 'Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, -a Lord of Trade and Plantations, a Commissioner for the Affairs of India, Master .of 'tile Trinity House, and High Steward of the University of Cambridge-, SECOND EDITION- DIS PAT CII E s were this morning received'by Go- vernment from Berlin, which state, that an ar- rangement had taken place between His PRUSSIAN MAJESTY and 130NAPARTE,111 consequence of which the Ele6torate of Hanover is to be occupied by Prus sian Troops until the conclusion of a Peace between the Belligerent Powers. Orders have, we believe, been sent for the im- mediate return of the British Troops now on the Continent, and as there are a great number of Transports in the Wieser, the Embarkation will take place without delay N E !VS. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2.—Arrived /limbic Fri. gate, Capt. BouvtarE, from the Mediterranean; and the Jamaica Frigate, Capt. DICK, from Newfound land :---arrived also, the Margaretta, lir1 RDING, from Greenock. The Prince of Wales, of 98 guns, which was or dered for the Flag of Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH, is now, in consequence of Sir Joules being gone W the West Indies, ordered to join the Channel Fleet for the pre• sent. She will sail with the San Josef, Admiral Sir CHARLES COTTON. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Arrived tha American j Schooner federal Jack, Capt. COLLINS, laden with sugar, coffee, &c. from Boston, bound to Nantz, detained by the Santa Margaretta Frigate. Arrived the Caledonia, of London, Capt. BOAG, laden with masts, &c. from New Brunswick, for the Dock-yard at this Port. By the Nemesis, 32, Captain SOMMWILLt, from Newfoundland, which touched at Lisbon, is learnt, that accounts had been received from Spain, that another French Squadron had escaped from Brest during the absence of our Fleet in the late gales; however time will determiqe the truth of this report, though it was current at Lisbon. The. celebrated Capt. BAUIIN, in the French Frigate La Topaze, 48, 4s still at Lisbon, quite ready for sea, and after all his vaunting and boast ing of taking the first British Frigate he meets with when he sails, it is supposed he waits some opportu nity to get to sea when. our Cruizcrs are blown off their station. The Plantagenet, 74-, and Revolution. aire, 44, are at Lisbon safe. ' Yesterday several French Officers, taken in the late Prizes, went off on parole of honour to the different towns near Exeter, They were escorted through the town, being a garrison town, by a party of the Wilts Regiment. An aaing Captain is appointed to the Malta, of 74 guns, vice BUTLER, absent on Parliamentary duty. FALMOUTH, JAN. 20.—Arrived the American Ship 3 Cornelia, PosT, and St. Andrew, LEGRE, from Charleston, in 23 days, with rice, sugar, and cotton, for Falmouth.—Both Vessels sailed under Convoy of the (United States Brig) Hornet, Capt.CniuNCEY, of 20 long 9-pounders, 200 Men,' 474 tons measure ment, and parted company four days after sailing two days since spoke the Santa Margaretta Frigate, which had detained the American Ship Middleton, for Bourdeaux, and was going with her to Plymouth. DEAL, JAN. 22.—Sailed the Pallas, off Dieppe; Tribune, for Portsmouth ; Fleehe, off Havre ; Archer and Bruizer,.off Boulogne; and the Speculator, in chase of a French Luger Privateer. Put back the Prospero Bomb, with the outward bound under convoy which sailed yesterday for Ports mouth, and remains in the Downs with the Ships as per last. HARWICIT, the arri;>al of the Mail Coach from London the Prince of Wale? Packet, Capt. A. DEA'&E, immediately sailed with. a fair wind for Cuxhaven, with the Liambre and Bremen Mails of the 17th and 21st. At the same time the Diana Packet, Capt. MACDONOI/CM, sailed with two Mails for Gottenlkurgh. GREENOCK, JAN 20.—The Princess Roy4tracket, betwixt this Port andCampbelton, was on the-even ing of the Ist inst. driven on shore, in Loch Lanza Bay, and bilged : crew and passengers saved. Her .Royal Highness the Duchess of Yori town yesteraoy .attelnuon THE Dtary=t,cfnt‘ , . . . AN Operatic brarno, which has long been .in pre-.; partition at this Theatre, was last night brought for ward, under the title of The Travell e rs.. Fci . the Dramatis Persona> we refer thelteader to the Play bill in the front of our Paper. The following is a sketch of TUT E FAIILE. At the opening of the Piece, the Prince of China, in a short accidental interview with Celinda ; - sister to his friend and compani , in Koyan, is captivated by the powers of her voice, the beauty of her person, and the simplicity other manners. , Celinda feels for the Prince a reciprocal passion. Thd Emperor of China convenes his. Mandarins fcr the , pur pose of soliciting their approbation, that his Son . might travel, to glean from Turkish, and fi l m Christian States, a knowledge of their palities, arts, and manners ; which ob tained, the Prince - prepares for his tours in which he is to be attended by leis friend and monitor Kept); the lat ter, at the intreaty of his mother Mindoro, (when she N informed they are to visit England) consents that she, together with his Sister Celinda, disguised as a Page, lest her sex might throw temptation in •the way of the youthful Prince, should he the - companions of their travels ; this party, with the Prince's Page, and a shipwrecked Irishman, are the 'characters from whichthis L)rama takes its title; and the first Al concludes with their departure from China. At the open ing of the second Ad the Travellers are arrived at Constanti nople, and presently introduced at the Palace of the Grand Vizier. The beauty of the women, theirdancing and singing, - fascinate the amorous Prince, and, unconscious of error or offence, he breaks into the Haram ; the indignant Vizier re sents this innovation of their Turkish laws, and brutally im prisons the innocent Chinese. Through every athon Celinda watches the Prince with the tender, yet jealous ardour of sin cere affection ; and by stratagem, and the fascinating powers of her voice, she releases him from prison. The Travellers aban don the furkish dominions in disgust ; and the next Aa pre- WINS them to our view in Naples : the Prince and his suite are received in the Palace of the Duke of Posilipo ; music is the general theme, and Koyan, who is a distraded admirer-of the science„catches each improving grace, according to the polish of each different nation--a similar passion pervading the breast of his sister Celinda. The proud Duke is attached to the widow of a Neapolitan Margins, by birth an English woman, whose lively maimers attract the warmest attention of the youthful and undisguised Prince of China, which cre ates a jealousy in the mind Of the Duke, increasing to such' a pitch of desperation, that, in the fourth Arl, we find him hiring assassins to murder the unstispeding • Prince, whose life is saved a second time by the fascinating charm of mu. sic, through the interference of Celinda ' • and the Duke him self becomes the victim of his own dark plot In the .com mencement of the .7th A et, the Travel lets are nearly wrecked on the British Coast, but by the humanity of a veteran, Admi ral, and his pld Sailing Master, they reach the shore, and are hospitably entertained by the generous Seaman, whh congra tulates himself on having an opportunity of returning an obligation which he once owed to the humanity of the Chi nese. Here the story of former adventures is recounted,. and the Admirai is recognized to be the husband of Mindota, and the lather of the twins, Koyan and Celinda. The Pristeee discovering his first love, in the person of his assumed Page, who had twice preserved his life, resolies to repay her aftee• tion with his hand and heart. - The Marchioness (who, dis: , gusted- at the intended ass isiination of the Prince, has - as-. companied the Travellers to England), with a promise.of her person in marriage, rewards the attettion of KOyan, and thc Piece Cencludes with an animated compliment to the British Constitution. The intention of the, Author of this Piece, ac cording to the opinion-of most of the diurnal Cri tics, has been.to give the musical Composer an op portunity of shewing the peculiar taste of different countries in the art of, music. This, however, does not appear to us to have been the principal design of the Author, however he may have co-operated with the Musician, but to exemplify the laws and manners Of the various.countries throtigh which The Travellers proceed, in order to have an opportunity of giving a decided pre-eminence to the institutions, customs, and principles, that cliaraderize t=reat Britain.. Of , China we see oi;ly thetnagniticence of its Court and gardens. We find despotism and cruelty in Turkey, jealousy and assassination. in - Italy; and finally we meet with' the blessings' of real freedom, the just prerogatives of the monarch, and the secure privi leges of the people. In pursuance of this objea, The Travellers are led into various scenes, as the fable details—some of amusement, some of interest, and some 'of danger. • The idea of making a Prince • travel, in order to enlarge his knowledge of man kind, and to increase' hiS political information for the purpose of improving the system of his own Government, is obviously derived from Dr: JOHN, SON'S Rassela 1, and the Author of the Piece deserves great credit for being the first to employ the hint for a dramatic purpose. He has afforded adthirable scope for a. splendid and diversified spe&acle, and the liberality of the Managers has abundantly_ seconded his views. - There has hardly been a dramatic pro-, duaion for a long time which has abounded More in magnificent variety. The Fable is by no means devoid of interest, though it is expanded to a tedious length. The CharaCters have. nothing peculiar, but they are in general well eMployed. The Author seems to have intended to charaCterize the Prince by simplicity, but this sim plicity unluckily bears the appearance of levity and libertinism; for ; like the Sailor in the Song, he finds a mistress in every Port. He is, indeed., in love with Celinda, whom he supposes he had left in China, but her image does not prevent him from paying his addresses to every new beauty. This pro pensitytakes from the respect and dignity of his character; and as the Piece so very much exceeds the boundaries of all similar productions, in point of time, every thing of this libertine kind 'should. be lopped ,away. The Prologue deprecated all critical considerations respeating the unities, and it is necessary also to be equally tolerant respecting the manners, of the Coun try, particularly of China, where it would be impos sible for a Prince to obtain the liberty of travelling. Many of the sentiments uttered by the Prince breathe a spirit of philosophy and virtue, and his charaCter upon the Whole is calculated to conciliate the good opinion of the audience. Next to his cheratter is that of Celinda, who indeed is almost the prime movement in the dramatic machine. The Author has introduced many passages strong ly expressing 'llose patriotic and, loyal feelings which will always be well .received - by Englishmen ; but some of them may be well omitted. .In the inferior characters the humour is rather too broad, and some are too coarse. The characters are very well, adapted to theerformers. EI.LfSTON gave wallllness,expression and variety to the Princy. Mrs. MOUNTAIN sung and of ed admirably in Celinila. We never saw her, to so much advantage before. JOHN STOKE, in the Chilese Irishman, had full scope for his peculiar humour. BitAnAm sung: with all his usual skill, and was highly applauded. DowToN rand STER, in the concluding scenes, atly supported the chara6ters of a British - Admiral-and inferior Tar. The Author of this Piece is Mr. CHERRY, a re- speth!d Member of the Theatrical Community.— lhe Composer is Mr. CORRI, and he has shown great taste, fancy, and science in the rnwic. The Theatre was crowded, and there was as great a fitr4ggle for seats n we ever wtineibed. ;gale Itece wts itify -*tit rec ed thfdiigtraat, Ziut it :410 . prottaned to such a degro, plrticularly as racist tit' the Solig - s were eitecireci, that ?he 4pii - itg of thS . Audience were exhausted; EuxsTbs; artliotteed the (3p)et' i for t idpetitiori eveuing with unanimous Uppbuse. POEt IIY. follm•Virls elegant and pdthetid• fribLitt_ to departed Worth and Beauty was written by Mr: JER I C; kr m, a name deservedly of high distitiCtioo in the poetical world: • TO TFIE MEMORY or Tit& iAtt , MRS, DUFF: 'Po this sad grave no common grief invites; . No stale display uf sandlimoniorts rites Domestic Virtue here, a drooping bands Around the hallow'd sPb't despairing Stand ! And here their lov'd departed Mistress mourn From the PIO Youth of her atredion torn ; Torn froni gay life's short scene, in morning's bloc:int, To feed the jaws of the relentless Tomb ! Ah I when she fell beneath Death's tyrant pow'r Thd polisled world then lost its beauteous firJw'r ! In whose blest frame were happily combin'd The feeling bosonl and th' it lumin'd mind : A spirit finely totich'd by NA tUitet hand, Prompt to petfctm when yr/true gave command: Prompt . cin A ffliaion's wound to pour relief, And bind the bleeding artery of Grief: FA I 12Sti eXclaim'd i *hilt bursting tears ran :".'e7 ; " My prime, my stedfast fav'rite is no more "' ArF CT lON, to the bosom still more deaf, Shrunk at th' event, and dropp'd het warrnest tear - : cox rais'd het sacred hand on high, And said, " See I N NGC Z.; i aseend the sky The Earl of CaattisLs has exerted hiS ,poetical genius with great success in an elegiac tribute to the memory of the immortal NELSON. Its Lordship's produCtioni indeed, manifests a true poetical Spirit, as well as a laudable fervour of patriotism. MODERN IMritOVE ME sTs.—A very erroneous idea is entertained of the taste now so prevalent in this Country, in respeft to the improvements in 'House hold Furniture.. The vulgar conception of the an tique seems to convey an opinion, that, the more heavy and ponderous in. weight and appearance the. article is, the sponger it bears similitude to the sublime specimena of antient sculpture. The error alluded to arises from mechanics implicitly copying _ antique models, without adapting them to the Si nations they are calculated to be placed in. Nothing is a more- convincing proof of the truth of the re-, Mark, than the vast numbers of ill digested designs lately introduced in the mansions of several of our Nobility and Gentry. - To correct these blemishes in the regions of taste and refinement, shall be our en,.. deavour, by pointing out, with a critical .nicety, their monstrous incongruity. The Pablio Institutions now on the tapis will go a great way towards remedying. these evils. We are - given to understatd, that . thero, are two mouses now fitting up for.persons of distince tiett, on. a more' perfeet..andaciontifically arrimgeet plan than any heretofore thought of, and that they will, when.finished, not fiud an equal at this in Europe, for-chasteness in the arthitedural -orna ments, and elegance in the finishing:. The style of famishing these houses, Which will hereafter behe,. standard of taste, is to be wholly after the Grecian . ' Costume. The tables, chairs, commodes, libraries, &c. are to be made of the finest mahogany, inlaid with ebony, and decorated with scientific carved or naments ; they will consist principally of wreaths of foliage interwoven with bas-i-elievos in groupea and single portraits. The carpets are to be made. with a plain ground, and Slightly decorated with th liage and ornaments en suite with the furniture. The bedsteads are to be made only moderately high.i. the pillars-of which are of mahogany, carved and in laid with ebony ; the curtains and draperies to be wholly designed after the Roman banners. The whole of the mirrors to be decorated with ornaments in bronze, in frames of plain -mahogany. T4e Stoves in each apartment to be composed of bronze and steel, made very low, and. aafing upon a new reverting principle, at the 'same time simple and complex. Every-apartment to have antique branched lights suspended from the cieling. • The report that there was an impediment in the way of Mr. THELMISSON'S advancement to •the ho nour of an Irish Peerage is, it seems, wholly without foundation. His MAJESTY •is empowered ,by the Asa of Union to create an Irish Peer on the ex-- tinelion of three Irish Peerages, and three are ex- tint, viz. the Earldom of Ross, the Viscountry of BATEMAN, and the Baronetcy of I.loLaus., • The 4th Dragoon Guards marched' into Pietshill - Barracks on MOndayi in the room oi` the 7th, who , have marched for Ireland. Last week three Troops of the list Regiment of Light Dragoons, commanded by Major . SPEAIIMAN arrived at Newcastle from Woodbridge. Monday morning the first division of the Inver ness-shire Militia marched #om Edinburgh Casty for Dunbar Barracks. The 3d Battalion of the 27cIt Vogt, commanded by Major KLYN9E, were expected on Monday from Dunbar to replace them. The 25th Regiment of Foot have marched froin Fermoy to Kilkenny. The 82d Regiment have re ceived orders to march from Cork to Carlow. Owing to the heavy rains, on Thursday, the river Aire overflowed, and inundated the houses on its banks. The streets on the south side of the bridge at Leeds, were covered with water, in several places upwards of a yard deep. On Monday se'nnight the Woollen Cloth Fair was held at Ayr.. There was a good supply. It sold about eight per cent. below the prices given last Fair. On 'Wednesday there was a great show of horses. Good-horses - of every description gave traordinary prices, and sold readily.. • Died on Tuesday evening, in the ,7th year of age, PETER PERCHARD, Esc': Alderman, and hap Lord-Mayor of this City. The various public situa tions in which he 'Was placed were lilted by hien with integrity and 'honour. He was just and right in his a&ions, faithful and firm to his K. Ug and Country, and the calmness and re:ipation which he met death proved him to be a true and, sniceie Christian.