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NI olv T,Av NIGHT._

in Oaf last be gave an outline of the genera:l pre Pl"reeigniiolilie
above grand festival, and we have to add that every thing is now
complete; and the Committee anticipate the most complete success
freer' their exertions.
'Dhe company in the course of yesterday and to-day have been
meting from all quarters', carriages following each other in rapid
saccessioo. Many of the eiaitera who had determined on being
here first went to Scarborough, where they have sojnunied for some
days, sad the steam packets to that play of fashionable resort,
bait been materially benefited by It. The toren now presents a
very animated scene of bustle and gayety. and the bills of " lodg.
togs to let," which for some days have disfigured the windows of sn
many of the houses. are dieaopearing eery feat in fact, the festival
may be said to have commenced to-day, for till this morning there
was nothing unusual in the appearance of the city. Nearly all
that is noble anti eminent—almost every family of any consequence
in this and the neighbouring co'...tnies are prment. moat of whom
are eines:mil to be at the grand ball this erentng, at the Concert and
Aaternbly Rooms.
The arrangements of the week's perform:seem are very judicions,
and admirably calculated to display the abilities of the respective
~,,,..rminecs, and the power of the orchestra. On the first. third,
and roarhdays there will he grand selections som the moat ap-
proved pieces of Handel, Haydn. Mozart, Beethoven, Cimames,
&r. On Wednesday the 3lessiah. There will be 'concerts on
Tuesday. and two following evenings, to support which the meat
eminent of the vocalists are selected. The grand fancy ball Sill be
en Friday nigh'.
As an agreeable relief to the other powerful attractions, Mr.
linen will make a grand ascent in his superb balloon, from the
City 00. w-irks, the yard of which establishment has been arpro-
;Mated fur the purpose. Mr. Green arrived last week, and has
bean since engaged in making his arrangements. The theatre will
be open the whole of the week.
It bas teen frequently asked whether the festival will be re-
peated, and When ? Upon this subject we can asapre our readers
that nothing is resolved, nr likely to be so.
When the Dean and Chapter neve their Fermi:soon for the pre-
sent festival, " they woul.: not pledge theinselvos to giant the use
of the:Minster for any subsequent and more notate mnsic meetings.
The propriety of every such music meeting must be submitted to
the Dean and Chapter at the particular period, and must be lift
opm foe their decision according to the circumstances of the thus."
BOVeITT, should consent be refused at any future period, the new
Itiusie-hall will be doubly valuable, being the only place in the city
which is calculated for the purpose.
During the week the nobility and gentry who reside in this part
of the country, will have large parties at their respective mansions.
Ilia Once the Archbishop of York, at his Palace at Bishop-
*crepe, will entettain the Marquis of Titctitield, Earl and Countess
of Darnley, Lady Elisabeth Bligh, Earl Fortescue, lion. G. Hole.
and, Sir J. and lady Johnstone, &c.
At Mr. Thompron's, of Lorick, will be, the lilarchionela Corn.
walla, the Ladies Louisa and Elisabeth Cornwallis. Sir S. Glenne,
Lady Hotham, Sir W. and Lady Cooke, Lord Talbot, 'Sir H.
lawley, Col. Lire, &e.
The Marquis and :Marchioness of Londonderry will be the guests
of LOlll Ham!en.
The Earl of Scarborough was expected, hut on Saturday last a
letter was received from the Noble Earl, stating his irability to
attend, and enclosing a note for MX. to be added to the funds of the
charities.
A great many have been detained some time at Tadmeter. 80.
rough-bridge, Harrogate, &c. unable to proceed for want of horses ;
all that could be spared front agricultural and other purposes hav-
ing been put in requisition, and it is feared that many will be un.
able to reach York to time for the first day.
The sale of tickets commenced at the liuildhall on Saturday, and.
proems:al with unexampled rapidity till two in the efternonn, at
which time the sum of 1.7001. was received. The sale recom-
menced in the evening. and by ten o'clock the above sum ens in-
creased to %SOUL 'this of itself proves the superior attraction of
the present festival above that of 11123, fur the sale of tickets on the
Saturday then did not produce 7001.
By the direction of the Stewards a list of the arrivals has been
kept at the Guildhall, and by this it would seem, that on Friday
they amounted to about 500; &Mix then, however, this number has
been greatly increased.
The choruses were rehearsed on Satunlay in the Cathedral by
such of the singers as had arrived, and the second and last took
place this morning, and was not concluded till near six o'clock this
evening. We understand that the different pieces were executed
with great precision and tact, so as to require scarcely any antra.
ton in the arrangements.
All the inns here are &needed to overflowing. and so would the
houses but for the very heary sums demanded for lodgings ; this
has caused many to wait a little, and accounts fur the bills, which
still remain In the jeindows.
Dxtraordinary pains have been taken that nothing should be
wanting to gratify the palate, all sorts of provisions are its abund-
anee, and it would gladden the eye of an epicure to behold the im-
mense quantity of venison anal gate: which meets the eye in every
quarter.
In 1823 the depredations of the pickpockets from London and
other places were unprecedented. To guard against this the Direct.
on have engaged Police-officers from Bow-street, and other Lon-
don effect, :Manchester, Liverpool, Doncaster, Sheffield- Leeds,
Mull, and various other quarters, and we doubt not that the light
fingured gentry will not only be singled out, but prevented from
aueceeding in their predatoty labours. At the former meeting,
whilst many were engaged in picking pockets at the Minster and
Coocert-rooms, others were rubbing the empty houses, and not a
few employed on the roads of the adjoining counties.

(FROM ANOTIIVI CORRTSPO'SDICNT.
• Yo a MONDAY ivtretatei.
The death of the Earl of Carlisle has thrown a great damp upon
the hcpea of our citizens as to the success of the festival. A woman
uho kept a poulterer's shop poisoned herself last week in despair.
Tnere can be no doubt that Lord Carlisle's decease has been
a severe loss to York at present. He and the Archbishop of
this dioceits married the two Ladies Gower, sisters, and eti-
quette. if not gtief, would prohibit his Grace from appearing
21 public so immediately in the midst of family affliction.
The absence of the Yttrium
_yesterday from the Cathedral,
is referable to the same melancholy event, which. notwithstanding
that rumours to the contrary are circulated industriously, will also
resent him from attending any of the performances in the MM.
wcr. Lord Carlisle was interred at Castle Howard. about 17 miles
from hence, this morning. The Earl of Harewood is expected to. I
day 'at his lodgings, at the corner of Blake-street, and from that
moment the festival may be said to have commenced. A.. astonish_l
irg number of visitors from AIL pans, far and near, have come
into town last night and this forenoon. An equally astonish.l
irg flight of lodgmg.bills him been the consequence ; scarcely
one remains in the principal streets, and in obscure parts pf
tie city—in absolute holes and corners—half a guinea a night
in a bed is the common demand, however many of them may
L 9 in one apartment. The sale of tickets commenced on Sa-
turday in the Guildhall, and at a place in the Minster.yard, called
Nrkes's room. The former is fitted up in boxes, so that a number
of pun:hasers may be accommodated at One time, end was kept
open on Saturday till ten o'clock at night, when 2,5001. worth had
Diva disposed of. To-day the sale proceeds with equal celerity.

CLAIM OF THE PARINI! OF ST. AN DREW. HOL-
BORN. Tr) EXEMPTION FROM SERVING ON
CORONERS' JURIES.
ne firmness of the Coronc7(l77hos Shelton, Eeq.) in enforcing
Mcdience from the beadle and inhabitants of St. Andrew, Idol.
bra, to his precepts for holding inquisitions at St. Bartholomew's
ilaspitel. as reported in our Paper or Friday last. has had the effect
of procuring * full attendance of Jams from that Pariah, on the
(cession of the two inquests subsequently held there. The first of
Mete was on the evening of Saturday last, and was upon the body
des man who had been accidentally run over. There was nothing
pacicalu in the ease, hut in the course of the inquiry it was inti.
rooted to the Coroner that a few of the parishioners who had been
semmesed, and who were not in attendance, had rammed a de-
termination never to attend, let them be summoned ever so often.
The Coroner, in reply, said he was triolved the burden should
bs borne equally, and lon would therefore cause those who had not
attended to be again suromor.ed, and to the event of their persist.
leg in their contempt of his summonses he would prefer indict-
ments against them at the ensuing Sessions.
fln Mon Cay evening %second inquest was held, when, probably
to consequence of this threat, several jurors wets in attendance who
on the former occasion were absent.
From the atatement, however, of lilr. NVilleins, of Holborn, it
tapered that there were still two gentlemen who persisted in dis.
coming the summon.," served upon them.
the Coroner inquired their names, which having obtained, he
gave dherions to bit. King, the beadle of St. Andrew's, to be
(.re to summon them to attend at the next inquest that 'night be
hid there, and to inform ohm on serving the Nimmons, that he
(the Coroner) should certainly indict them if they did not attend,
a• ti that. too, even although he might have a sufficient number of
mil present without them.
The ease into which the jury were summoned to inquire was
teat et the death of Hubert Major, a coal-porter in the employ of
)leers. Thompson and Co. who, it appeared, whilp wanting
trough Islington by the side of his team, accidentally slip
4sitn, and the wheel a the waggon passing over his thigh, crushed
1t its most sheeting manner. lie died within a few hours after
h !r; brought to the Hospital. Accidental Death.
lies ard Is."

•1• .1. close nf the business a juror inquired of the Coroner if he
irS•rnt him of the precise nature of the grounds on which St.
(!Limed exemption from serving on juries?
t.c Comm. said he was informed that formerly a monastery
• t ithin the precincts of that parish, and that at its
dieao-
• by a:ty prubnlil y of tranquillizing the neighbourhood under
; • • ! the benriits it had received from its inmates, a charter of
from verving upon juries had been granted to them.
howevie, was not now to be found, anti it became
3 natter of question whether it had ever existed.

. _
Cas Company has contracted to light the
with gas.

k.+..d.PINAUY Ctnremsraxcr.—At an early hour
114,1 y punning, a box was seen floating in the river,
cf the Steam Packets ; it was picked up and
~.a crock was found inside, containing a human
the tongue and cars perfect, and the face turned
The liver was placed under the skull, and se-
:•.tik of the body carefully packed up in hay,
in other parts of the vessel. A card was
:1.0 tcp, ly•arinit the foilowing inscription :
.• C, Purth-street, Edinburgh."

S,CCOND AERIAL EXPLOIT OP MR.
COURTENEY.

[EXTRACT OP • raow DOVER.]
"Six O'CLOCK.; MONDAY EVEN/NG.
" I have just witnessed the second descent, or rather
serial launch, of Mr. Courteney, the enterprising American.
It was an exploit that put every net ve on the qui vive.
Having been announced for some days previously, an im-
mense concourse of 1.11 classes had assembled ; all seemed
deeply interested in the Suacera of this novel aeronaut, and
the anxiety to witness it Was intense. You have heard
that the first descent extended nearly fourteen hundred
feet. It was performed on a two-find-a-half inch hawser,
gml being fastened to an anchor on the western cliff, near the
citadel, it paned over the town,and the whole of the pent, to
the rope-walk, where it was attached to a capstan. It was
on this spot that most of the gentry and inhabitants of the
town bad congregated to witness the descent. Mr. Coca-
TENEY made his appearance about five o'clock, very gayly
apparelled in a light blue silk dress, with a pistol and
streamer in tacit hand, and, having bowed to the at'lirobled
multitude below, was soon after attached to his cow:peter,
by chords fastened round the shoulders, loins, and one leg.
Previous to his launching forth the pistols were dis-
charged; and, while on the descent, which lasted exactly
sixteen seconds, he contrived gracefully to wave the
-Streamer. This denoted that he was at his ease, and had a
plegring effect. With respect to his appearance, it was,
that of a flying Mercury, and extremely picturesque.
From the moment that with a sudden dart he rushed
itartiy.tillhe was received in the arms of some friends, who
Mood at tliz end of his precipitous descent ready to receive
him, lie was loudly greeted by all the spectators, and
reached the earth without having suffered the slightest
inconvenicnen.
" On inquiry I end that these feats which have contri-
buted so much W enliven Dover and its vicinity, have ori-
ginated in an accidental conversation which took place.
between Mr. aurteney 'and some of the corps drama-
tlyve, now rrforming here with considerable eclat. By
the bY, I also unterstand that etc enterprising hero is him-
self very nearly gilled to the Iste popular comedian and
dramatist, (hosts Hoi.m•sr, which of itself gives him a
claim to the sympathy of the Brltir,h public. It may not
be irrelevant to add, that his circumstances are not very
brilliant, having been left with the usual patrimony of
genius. Indeed lie was indebted to the liberality of Mr.
BIGDEN, of the Albion Library here, for the means of ac-
complishing his adventrous flight.
",sfudging from the concourse of strangers which have
been attracted to it (luring the present season. Dover bids
fair to become a very popular watering-place. The ARCH.
DISHOP or CANTERDURY and his charming.kmily have
been here fur some days, and are likely to oontiric,e'during
the remainder of the season. LOaD LivERPOCIT. iri a_(97tong

the 'jailers to-day, and seemed to enjoy perfect health."

LITERAIIY GLEANINGS.

No. XXIX.

EXTRACTS FROM RCRNS'S COMMON PLACE ROOK

Edinburgh, April 9, 1787,
As I hsve seen a good deal of human life in Edinburgh, a
great many characters which are new to one bred up in the
shades of life as I have been, I am determined to takedown'
my remarks on the spot. Czar observes, in a letter to Mr.
Palgrave, that, " half a word fixed, upon, or near the spot, is
worth a cart-load of recollection." I don't know how it is
with thb world in general, but with me, making my re-
marks is by no Means a solitary pleasure. I want some
one to laugh with me, some one to be grave with me, sonic
lone to please me and help my discrimination, with his or
her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my
acuteness and penetration. The world are so busied with
selfish pursuits, ambition, vanity, interest, or pleasure, that
very few think it worth their while to make any observa-
tion on what passes around them, except where that obser-
vation is a sucker, or branch of the darling plant they are
gearing in their fancy. Nor am I sure, notwithstanding
all the sentimental flights of novel-writers, and the sage
philosophy of moralists, whether we are capable of so inti-
mate awl cordial a coalition of friendship, as that one man
may pour out his bosom, his every thought and floating
fancy, his very inmost soul, with unreserved confidence to
another, without hazard of losing part of that respect which
man deserves from snail ; or, from the unavoidable imper-
fections attending human nature, of one day repenting his
confidence.

For these reasons I am determined to make these pages
'my confidant. I will sketch every character that any
way strikes me, to the best of my power, with unshrinking
justice. 1 will insert anecdotes, and take down remarks, in
the old law phrase, without lu:a or favour.—Where 1 hit
on any 'thing clever, my own applause will, in some
measure, feast my vanity; and, begging Patroclus' and
lichees' pardon, I think a lock and key 11 security, at
least equal to the bosom of any friend whatever.
My own private story likewise, my love-adventures, my;
rambles ; the frowns and smiles of fortune on my barciship;
my poems and fragments, that must never sec the light,
shall be occasionally inserted. In short, never did four
shillings purchase so much friendship, since confidence
went first to market, or honesty was set up to sale.
To these seemingly invidious, but too just ideas of hu-
man friendship, I would cheerfully make one exception—'I
the connexion between two persons of different sexes,
when their interests are united and absorbed by the tie of
love—
When thought meets thought, ere from the lips It part,
And each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.
There confidence, confidence that exalts them the more in
one another's opinion, that endears the more to each other's
hearts, unreservedly " reigns and revels." But this is not
my lot; and, in my situation, if I am wise (which by the
by I have no great chance of being), my fate should be
cast with the Psalmist's sparrow, " to watch alone on the
house-tops."—Oh the pity !
• • • •

There are few of the sore evils under the sun give me
num uneasiness and chagrin than the comparison how a
man of genius, nay, of avowed worth, is received every
where, with the reception which a mere ordinary character,
decorated with the trappings and futile distinctions of for-
tune, meets. I imagine a man of abilities, his breast glow-
ing with hubeat pride, conscious that men are born equal,
;till giving honour to whom honour is due; he meets, at a
great man I table, n squire something, or a S:r somebody ;
he knows the noble lord, at heart, gives the bard, or what-
ever he is, a share of his good wishes, beyond, perhaps, any
one at table; yet how will it mortify him to see a fellow,
whose abilities would scarcely have made an eightpenny
tailor, and whose heart is not worth three farthings, meet
with attention and notice, that are withheld from the son
of genius and poverty ?
The noble GLENCAIRN has wounded 1710 to the soul
here, because I dearly esteem, respect, and love him. He,
showed so much att. ntion, engrossing attention, one day,
to the only blockhead at table (the whole company con-
sisted of his lordship, dunderpate, and myself ), that I was
within half a point of throwing down my gage of con-
temptuous defiance; but he shook my hand, and looked
so benevolently good at parting. Cod bless him ! though
I should never sec him more, I shall love him until my
dying day ! I tun pleased to think lam so capable of the
throes of gratitude, as I ant miserably deficient in some
other virtues.

iVith Dr. BLAIR I am more at my ease. I never respect
him with humble veneration ; but when he kindly interests
himself in my welfare, or still more, when he descends
from his pinnacle, and meets me on equal ground in con-
versation, my heart overflows with what is called liking.
When he neglects me for the mere carcass of greatness, or
when his eye measures the difference of our points of ele-
vation, I say to myself, with scarcely any emotion, What
do I care for him, or his pomp either? • • • • • •

It is not easy forming an exact judgment of any one ;1
but in my opinion Dr. Blair is merely an astonishing proof
what industry and application can do. Natural parts like
his arc frequently to he met with ; his vanity is proverbially
known among his acquaintance, but he is justly at the
head of what may be called fine writing; and a critic of
the first, the very first, rank in prose ; even in poetry, a
bard of Nature's making can only take the pas of him.
Fle has a heart, not of the very finest water, but far from
being an ordinary one. In short, he is truly a worthy, and
most respectable character.

On Tuesday, a lady who had been at Margate as a visiter,
with her husband, on going to sec him depart by the steam
packet cor London, and taking the last farewell, ins:antl}•
dropied down, and in a very short time expired.