The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-08 00:00:00

ISLAND OF TRINIDADA.

THE Island of Trinidada has 'received more im-
provement during the short time it has been in
British posSession, than it probably would, had it
continued half another century • in the hands of
Spain ; and as a Sugar Island, its value is • very
great. The country is flat and level ;- the soil re-
markably rich, free from woods, and well supplied
with water. It is as healthy as any
most
in the
West Indies, and much more so than of them.
Little of the land: has hitherto been cultivated,
through the indolence of its former possessors ; and
it may be'very truly said, that none of it had-been
worn out, which cannot be said of most of the
We scarcely know a situation holding out
more advantages to a man of enterprize, with a
•
moderate property.
Trinidada has many advantages beyond those-we
have stated, by its immediate proximity •to the
-Continent :of Spanish America, by which a com-
merce offers, though, perhaps, somewhat clan-
destine, yet which it would neither be possib,le nor
prudent in Spain to check, to an extent almost un-.
bounded. We all know that. certain articles of
the manufacture of this Country are there in' the
highest demand, and that we receive in return the
treasures of Mexico and. Peru ; and we doubt not,
that, .little as the Island' of Trinadada may be
esteemed by those Who know it nor, it will belound
not only a very ample return for Martinique, but
for all we hold of France in the West Indies,' on
the precarious terms of an expensive Walt- Establish...
went.

Mr. CUMBERLAND'S new Drama is not to be
brought forward till the reign ofsing-sovg is upon
the decline. If it should breathe a poetic spirit
similar to that which animates his CALVARY, the
Dramatists of the present day will have reason to
" hide their diminish'd heads."

GABRIELLI is generally considered as the first
Singer of Bravitra Airs that Italy ever produCed,
She is still alive, and lives near Naples. The mu-
sic of the Air which Mrs. BiLLINGTOST ilaS intro-
duced in Artaxerxes was shown to her, and it so-far
exceeded the difficulties of vocal music in her day,
that she•could hardly believe it possible for the hu-
man power to execute such a• composition.

HAYDN, the Composer, is now diligently em-
ployed, notwithstanding his advanced age,' in setting
to music an Oratorio, entitled The Day-of judg-
ment. He has transmitted the elegant gold medal
presented to him by the Conservatory of Music t,
Paris, to the Prince of ESTE Ril AZY, to be preserved
by him in his Cabinet of Medals.
The Inhabitants of Norwich, by way of testify-
ing their satisfaction at the Peace, took the horses
from the tkuble-todied roach, and drew it through
the'rnarket:place. It is lucky for them the news
did not reach them by the ewaggon.
The Dragon on the. Lake .of Constance contidues-
to spread terror in that neighbourhood, and to
serve as a scapc-goat to the robbers of I.len.roosts,
as a cat does to the servants in a private-family for
the destrudion of china.. Ia this country.such an
animal •*mild be welcomed by our farmers, and
would ix made useful. It would justify an.avance
on our poultry; to counteract the dreadful cifeds, of
his gluttony.

AS the Island of Ceylon: is supposed l-.)y, the In-
habitants to be the phrnitive Eden, the Dutch are
advised- to publish a new edition of 'Paradise Lost.
To such a work we have- no objeaiOn ; but we
are glad to find by the Articles of Peace, that they
will, have no co,sy-rigi.,t to Paradise Regain'd.
The following Bon Mot, founded• on the story
of the Clerical Impostor of St. Martin's; is related
in the French Papers—An Irish Lady, whose hus-
band had been baled by the Impostor, alarmed lest
her helpmate should not lie quietly in his grave,
went in great trepidation to Dr. I-ItovuLTort, the
Reacr, to, inquire if the interment was good. The.
Dodor assured her that the deceased was as effec-
tually buried as a man could be. The Lady, wiping
her eyes, exclaimed, ." Aid Dr. HAM ILTo N, you
have made me per, easy !"

On Monday last Mr. CHAPMAN'S hounds made
their first appearance for the season on Putney
Heath, with excellent sport ; after chopping a leve
ret, they had two very good runs with a brace of
old harea, the first of which they killed, after three-
quarters of an hour's brisk running ; but the second
beat them in a straight forward dace of three miles
into Comb Woods. The' Siirrey fox-hounds have
also begun to divide and disperse the cubs.

Friday afternoon, as a waterman was rowing
under the-bows of A ship at Deptford, the cook of
the ship not perceiving him at the time,- thror a
paleful of boiling water over the bows; which fall-
ing direaly over the man, scalded him in a shock-
ing manner. Every possible assistance was given
him-by a Surgeon who happened tc, be on bparti at
the time.