The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-05 00:00:00

THE WHIST TMJLE.

At a table in Margate was plac'd Mhtteis GI jai;
Her partner a butc.herty trade;
She biandisti'd the cards in her brawny red fist ;
She enforc'd w T.th her voice all the mandates of WhiSt;
Though she scarce knew a Chib from a Spade-.

The corpulent Lady, when nine was the scores
Won the trick by a fortunate Trump
W hat are Stakes ?" she ext.laim'd, with a Masculine tciar—
The sly Graeber replied, as he view'd her all o'cro •
" Nice anti fat, Ma'am, it the Rump."
808 SHORT.

-The negociation winch had taken plaCe between
Mr. JONES, of Dublin, and the Proprietors of
Drury Lane Theatre, is, ,we understand, at an end,
and the in!inagement is to be 'vested next season in
Mr.. Ski t?R,II)AN, jun. Mr. WitouGwrotsr,'hoWever;
is to retain the situation which he has so long held
with credit to himself and satisfaCiion to all concern-
ed, and the property will not be deprived of the
experienced and judicious counsels of Mr. GRAHAM.

Mrs. JORDAN has been recently much indisposed,
but is impinving i❑ beaith, and likely. to gratify the
neighbourhood of Richmond with the exertion of
herunritalled comic powers, in the course of the
season. .

Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock,' .as the
daughter of a Noblemast was walking up the Hay-
market, having ;eft her carriae-eiat the entrance into
'Pall-Mall, she was- accosted bY.a well-dressed man,
who endeavoured to prevail upon her to go to a place
in Covent-garden. At last, he attempted to take li-
berties wit.h her, When she screamed, and some
-fientlemer; who were passing prevented her from
The culprit was, however, seized, con-
duCted to the nearest pump, and was afterwards deli-
vered over. to the mob, who speedily conduced
him ro another at. Charing Cross. After very liberal
aspersions, which were bastowed on him during
more than an hour, he was allowed to depart, per-
fail) cooled. •
We are happy to learn, that a part of the sum
grained by ParliaMent for 'the improvement of the
City of Westminster, is to be laid out in rendering
predicable the approaches to Dean's-yard, and West-
minster School, which has long been in the most.,
disagreeable state of dirt atitt dilapidation:
A few days ago one Robert Lee,' of Abbey;
Holm; for a wager, thrashed sixty stooks, which
yielded fifteen .bushels and one peck of clear corn,
(Carlisle measure) in six hours and a half
Yesterday a master shoemaker, 1,1 no small sta-
ture, in the.Borough,-- undertook for a wager of five
guineas to pick up too stones, placed at The dis-.
tance of a yard from each other, in the space of an ,
hour and twenty minutes. The spot fixed on for
honest Crispin's pedestrian feat was in a field near
WalWorth. At the commencement the odds were
greatly in his favour, but after having gathered , up
fifty in less than twenty minutes, he became so ex-
hausted by his exertion, that he was actually com-
pelled to lie down ; and from the violetit•state of per-
spiration which he Was then in, was incapable of
renewing his .lour with any chance of success.
Yesterday a serious accident happened to Mr.
Clapton's servant, of Norton-street, Mary-le-bone :
in riding a spirited horse belonging to his master, in
the New Road, the animal took fright and ran away
with him, and in turning the corner of Norton-street
the lanse fell down with great violence, and rolled
over him ; the man was immediately taken up, and
conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital.; one of his
angles was so. dreadfully dislocated, as to be forced
through the flesh and skin, and he was otherwise
severely bruised.
Oil Wednesday last a serious accident occuried to
the Misses O'GRADY, in going from their house in
Upper. Growenor-street to dine with Lorcf:OssoaY
in GroSvenOr-place. In going down Park-street the
axietree of the carriage broke, at which the horses
took fright, and run furiously down Park-street, and
on earning :the corner into Park-lane upset the car-.
riage. The horses were at that moment fortunately
stopped, and, we are happy to add, that the Ladies
were relieved from their perilous situation with only
a few slight contusions.
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SMITHFIELD MARKET, Auc. s.,

This day's market had a middling supply of differ-
ent kinds of Cattle; Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Pork,
and Veal, sold at last prices, and the trade in general
was somewhat fiat. The sales in the Haymarket
were not lively ; Straw has dropped in price since
Monday's market ; Hay and Clover fetched last
prices.—The following prices and numbers are an
accurate statement :

"ro sink the Offal per stone of Slb.
Beef 4s. zd. to Ss. zd. —Mutton 4s. od. to ss. zd.—Veal
6.. od. toes. od.— Lamb Ss. od. to 7s. od.—Pork Ss. od. to
os. 6d.
650. —Sbccp and Lambs,' B,ooo.—Calves,
Pigs, iSo.
f 1..) 51. ins. ad. to 61. zos.od.—Clover 61. ad. tco 71.
/04. od.—btraw tl. sob, 94. I(' Ale 94 ad.

:11,;',171 OF THE) .41-IRArifii'f;

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I Saragossa ie ver'eeticieht e the pteseW reti-oe
gradual cprruptioe of L'etsaraueusta, a nee-ie. a ;:eti to
it by Augustus Ceeedre who repaired aed beitut a
plefee called Saldubi, the se me epht;e:e.
Pliny thentidtiS both keeyieS, aaying; i.3tesetettegusta
was a free colony de the bat 4 .cifethe t.'.hemeesvhcie
fox-Merle, Steeti called Salcitibee;;Y; it began M.
the reign of Ang;,..ittis to coin motley ; and Many .of
its cdizis still remain, Comenerriorating the signal fa-
vours it reeeived frdm that Emperor,
Saragossa has undergone so many changes from il
various reions of 'dethee. Moors, add' other tere;gn
nations; that unless it-he the remains of the
wells, and bates; •go.antiqulties .of ,itoman tieeies zee
now td be seen. TiO churches. pelaces, te.
house, the '6 et:Mite; are; :he* eve . Il worthy
hbservation.e. 'fife toWri pbsssee.e hese than two
cathedrals, in which dieine.service alternately per-
formed by the sane Cheerer e the one' is r venerable
• Gothic building; supetiffedhy Our rows ef:eiustee d
pillars; theoilieris'a modern structure :et ercl,ie
tedure, in the form, not of a cross, bur efa (.),-
grain, about 500 feet long by2eu
,teet bro.el. It :5
buileof brick, but the intention waseo case it entircey
over with sortie of the valuable marbles eve:et,.
Spain 'abounds. The plan was, el sqqa;
tower at each angle of the reeeleHeratn, a greed,
dome in the centre, and fire &thee.- t orx cs toueres
the East end ; a design certainly sineultr's and dittet •
eta from 'what 'we :see adored for: tither Christi.le
churches; the interior-is divided by two
massy square pillars, ornamented with eileetete. Tete
chief objeCt in erecting this extraordinary struactre
wad, 'to provide' a suitable mansion for the mitecu.
lous-image'of the. Virgin, there preserved, anti cei,e7
brated far and wide,b4l2ntient,ae 1i efeederniales;
under the design'ation Of Our Ledyeef the
The origin-. of t.h.i 'apliellation- was his, -that soon
after the -ascension of our Sat iour, but during the
life time di:Me:ry when St. Janes the elder wee
employed in pre&ling- the Gospel in Spain, and (hack
Made yet but veil. ffeWe converts,the Virgie,transport-
ed. by a choir of angels, passed from jertealemt
the neighbourhood of Saragossa, and appeared' tee
James, seated on a nimble pillar, brought 'by the
angels for the purpose; when eecouraginghimn to
cintinue his apostolic labours, which would ta;ti
metele be crowned ,with success, she directed him
to et-eat a Chapel to her honour, and to place in it
the pillar on -which she sat, for an everlasting me-
morial of hex 'appearance. The Virgin was imme-
diately wafteet. back to Jerusalem. St. sabres and 11 ia
eight disciples. (The his einiverts were dot more lei-
merous) built .a..thiti-Che-in which the Seared pillar
was deposited; and this identiCal pillar it was, Which
without intermission has been, and still is; venerated
in Saragossa.
• Under 'the centre dome of the five pillars, on the
east end of this new Cathedral, is ereeled a magnifi-
cent chapel, of Greek architecture, enct of theetiost
precicius marbles the country affords, in the fettn,
a little temple, in the centm of which stands tlet'. :.
cred pillar, supporting. an ancient image of the 7,'•;1.
gin, with her infant son, of wood, now. hi...,e,,,ai
ebony. The iiches appertairiirig to t'ei.sre;ei,'l7eee
beyond calculation'; and on acecuitt or tee reereet.
performed at this slniee, the resort of pile:MIS
distant parts, not only of Spain, but of Europe, is
even at this day very great.
This new cathedral was founded in the end of t7.le
17th century, and, in 1753, Ferdinand Vt.. direct' d
the chapel of Our Lady Of the fill:1i to•be construe'.
ed. it is probable, however, that this prodigtetis
edifice will not soon be brought to a conclusion.
• The ancient ceetle:, Or fortress, out theeweeteide
of the town, now converted intoharracks for troupe,
contains several net:elite hails, part of the pelace of
the Kings of. eVragone enriched with very delicdat
sculpture end:gilding. When Henry VII. el Eng-
land married Catharine of Artagon, amongst othet
presents, evere!sent to him ,froM thi's castle.V.trioue
arms, particularly-swords marked with the beers and
dog, and the name of 4ndrew Ferrara, thee a acre-
Grated artist in Saragossa.
In a smalropen place, or square, in the Western
part of the old town, stands, detached from oifeer
buielings, an oaagunal toWer, of 15 feet a side, and
34 wet in. diameter, by 14 feet
.iii I'trighf:. it is
constructed of brick; like the greater' number of
buildings inteilie town, with stendry orearnents,,
formed biiliYlSit?jettion of the bricks in' 'tlitfefent.
places lio;SieefYo'iest of the walls. The windoe s
• appear aaa`ttloYi&e to be gothic,' bat they are not
arched; theLling cbilfiraCtion at the top being pro-
duced by advancing each superior row of bricks, as
is seen in steitietbf the most ancient edifices of flee. pt.
The inside of this tower contains a stair, or ramp,
resembling that in St. Mark's Tower, at Ventre ;
and the ascent is so gentle, that amen on hursebecie.
may mount to the fop. The tower is not perpendi-
cular, having a visible bend to one side, in 't he man-
ner of the famous, hanging tower at Pisa, but its de-
viation trout . the vertical line is not so considerable
as that of •the• latter building.. The date of this
tower is
.1664, and it is called-the New Tower, al-
though its construotion be commonly ascribed to the
Moors:

In Saragossa is one of those patriotic institutions
which first took their rise in Biscay, caliod Le Sucie-
dad do lo,c..Aznigos del Pays—The Society of the
Friends of theiCOuntry. The object of these insti-
tutions, noWinuaterous in Spain, is, the geoeial
struaion of.),Nntli,, independently of the usniblisioed
schools,and,,univ;,prsities of the kingdom. Whatever
relates to the improt'ement of agriculture, manutac-
tures, and, thii #pe arts, comes within the scope of
these excellent institutions, which are MilitMailltd
partly by grants from the Government, and ;partly
by individual subscriptions amongst the more opt:-
lent inhabitants of the distr./as _where they are esta-
blished. To the. Society of 'Saragossa the late King
granted one thousand pounds at first, with a yearly
revenue of two hundred pounds.
The Students at the-Untversity. of Saragozsl, tat
(he y.3r 1169, amounted to 976; but this nuiliber
was mu' h nicrfased in some following years, by ut.e
influx of youngitien from the country, who, tu.tivoie.
the service of theAfiliiia, flocked to the Universn, ,
under 46
.prefente of. devoting themselves to it.e.
service of the Church. The Militia service in Spnii
is called the -,Ohita,,l?eCause every fleh, aran of a
community, or disir'fa, is obliged to serve, it poi:
attached to the,eccleti,a6tical lite, or otheiv,.ise.
exempted.

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