The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-09 00:00:00

AGES AND OTUER PARTICULARS OF

TILE EUROPEAN SOVEREIGNS.

The following statement, the authenticity of which
may be relied on, will no doubt prove interesting to
our readers at the present time, as showing the pro-
bability of life of the principal Sovereigns of Europe,
and the length of their reigns:--
The oldest Sovereign is " Charles X. of France,
who is 73 years of age, tall in person, and very hale ;
it is said he hunts and rides constantly, and is much.
in public. The Pope, Pius VIII., is 68, about the
same age as his late Majesty, and in tolerable vigour.
The Church is usually considered favourable to longe-
vity. The next is our own gracious Sovereign,
William IV., who is 65, and has long been troubled
with an asthmatic complaint. He is at present, how-
ever, in tolerable good health, and does not appear to
be more than 50. His temperate habits, and
practice of early rising, are too well known to need
any further mention. Felix, King of Sardinia, is of
the same age as our own Monarch, and enjoys
good health. Bernadotte, King of Sweden, is 66,
and has recently had a severe illness, but la' a strong
and healthy man. Frederic VI. of Denmark, 62
years old, is a very healthy man. Frederic William
111., King of Prussia, in his 60th year, possesses a
tolerably good share of health, and bids fair to live
to a good old age. The King of the Netherlands,
William 1., is 58; he has the appearance of a wea-
ther-beaten soldier, as he is; and, although subject
to chronic complaints, is robust. Francis, Emperor
of Austria, Is 52, and healthy. His affability and
condescension in listening to the complaints of the
meanest of his subjects, and redressing their griev-
'owes, has rendered him the most popular Sovereign
in Europe. Francis, King of Naples, is 61, and
gouty. His character is quite the reverse of his
namesake of Austria, Malimoutl IL, Sultan of
Turkey, is 46, and possessed of greet vigour of
body and mind. The Turks, however, grow
old prematurely, and Mahmoud may be therefore
reckoned as 60 years old at least. His countenance
and his eye are particularly striking and impressive,
and he is naturally a very superior man,
having alone been the means of causing ex-
traordinary changes in the Turkish system.—
Ferdinand VII. of Spain is 45 years old, and has
long been a prey to diseases. He has the gout con-
stantly, and it quite incapable of any active exer-
tion; he has, however, lately married his third
Queen. His character is said to afford an unfavour.
able specimen of the Bourbon race. Louis, King
of Bavaria, is in his 45th year, and has suffered from
indulgence, and has but lately recovered from a long
illness. Though his gallantry has been excessive,
his merits as a Sovereign and as a rim of letters
arc acknowledged to be very high, and he has been
Rerhaps justly, styled the most enlightened King in
Europe. He passed many years in study, and his
mind is of an enlarged and liberal cast. The publi-
cation of a volume of poems has recently obtained
him much fame as an author, in addition to that de-
rived from the wisdom of his Government; and the
longer he reigns the better for his country. Nicholas
1., Emperor of Russia, is 34, is tall and handsome
in appearance, hardy and active, and accustomed to
laborious exertions. A few months since lie had a
very dengerous illness, from which he is now quite
recovered. He is considered as a very ambitious
Monarch, and an enlargement of territory appears to
be his ruling passion. The youngest and only
femalt Sovereign is'Donna Maria de Gloria, the le-
gitimate Queen of Portugal (Don Miguel not hav-
ing been yet recognised), who is in her 13th year.
She promises to be very beautiful, but her heath is
delicate, and she is so lame as to be obliged to use
crutches. She is now at Rio Janeiro, with her
father, the Emperor of Brazil.

From the above statement k will appear that
most of the European Sovereigns have arrived at an
advanced period of life, and a few years will pro.
bably bring about many change..

A New AMUSEMENT DISCoVBRED.--The
Editor of the Sydney Gazette has discovered a treat in
newspaper literature, of which we had no idea. Alluding
to a severe castigation from a contemporary:he says, " We
consider it a real iatelleouttl treat to be put into the thrash.
big mill of an honest logical opponent."

PRAYER.--Prayer does not consist in the
art of kneeling, nor In repeating certain words in a solemn
manner. Devotion is tl►o affection of the heart, and this
I feel; fur when I view the wonders of creatino, I bow to
thu Majesty of heaven; and when I feel the enjoyments of
life, health, and happinos, I feel grateful to Goo fir
having bestowed these upon me.—Lord .Dyron'a Con-
versations.

FAIR ROSAMOND.---POpOlar traditiOUS as-
cribe the Quovi's offencee to jealousy of Rosamotin Cur-
roan, the daughter of a gentleman of Herefordshire, to
whom these traditions also ascribe all bodily attractions,
and most good finalities of mind. The KING is said, or
rather fabled, to have provided for the safety of his lovely
mistress by building a house for her at Woodstock, of
which the appronehes formed a labyrinth intricate thatit
could not ha entered without the guidance of a thread, which
the Kitio alitays kept in his own bands. The Cloneti, ac-
cording to the same legend, gained possession of the thread,
And toy means of it destroyed her fair and amiable, though
not spotless, rival. DANIIM, who has handled these
romantie eircionstancea in verse with elegatice and tender-
nous, omits them judiciously in his history, where he con-
tents himself with giving her the epithet of " Fair," which
popular affectation had made part of her name. If
Fixation, was guilty of this crime, it had no palliative
from recent jealowy, since the younger son of IlittiftY,
by fair Res./atom>, was twenty yeare old at the time of
the rebellion of the Prince".—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet
Cyclopodia.:

LORD BYRON'S DEFENCE OF HIS CAIN

AND DON JUAN.

‘‘ They have all mistaken my object in writing
Cain. Have I not a right to draw characters
with as much fidelity, and truth, and consistency
as history or tradition fixes on them ? Now it
is absurd to expect from Cain sentiments of piety
and submission, when he was a murderer of his
brother, and a rebel against his Creator." " That
is true," I replied," but they blame you, not for
putting such sentiments in the mouth of Cain,
but for not putting such sentiments into those of
Abel and Adam as would have counterbalanced
the effect of what Cain said." * * " Even
in Don Juan I have been misunderstood. I
take a vicious and unprincipled character, and
lead him through those ranks of society whose
high external accomplishments cover and cloak
internal and secret vices, and I paint the
natural effects of such characters ; and certainly
they are not so highly coloured as we find them
in real life." " This may be true ; but the
question is, what are your motives and object for
painting nothing but scenes of vice and folly ?"
" To remove the cloak which the manners and
maxims of society," said his Lordship, " throw
over their secret sins, and show them to the world
as they really are. You have not," added he,
" been so much in high and noble life as I have
been ; but, if you had fully entered into it, and
seen what was going on, you would have felt
convinced that it was time to unmask the speci.
ous hypocrisy, and show it in its native colours."
" My situation, " I replied, " did not naturally
lead me into society, yet, I believed, before the
publication of your book, that the world, especi-
ally the lower and middling classes of society,
never entertained the opinion that the highest
classes exhibited models of piety and Virtue ;
nay, from circumstances, we are naturally dis-
posed to believe them worse than they really
are." ,1 It is impossible you can believe the
higher classes of society worse than they are in
England, France, and Italy, for no language can
sufficiently paint them." " But still, my Lord,
granting this, how is your book calculated to
improve them, and by what right, and under
what title, do you come forward in this under-
taking ?" "By the right," he replied, which
" every one has who abhors vice united with
hypocrisy." * * "It is the plan,"
said his Lordship, " to lead him through va-
rious ranks of society, and show that wherever
you go vice is to be found." " This is a fact
already known," I replied: " and it has also
been known by experience, that no satire, how-
ever witty, poignant, or just, ever did any good,
or converted, as far as I have heard, one man
from vice to virtue. Neither Horace, nor Ju-
venal, nor Persius, could stop the torrent of
vice, and folly, and crime, which inundated
Rome, and which finally overthrew it, notwith-
standing all the declamation of these satirists.
Nor have I heard that Donne's or Pope's sa-
tires ever effected any good. Your language is
not so gross as that of Juvenal or Persius, yet
this is owing to the manners of the times; and
while your satire is useless, it will then call
down on your head the exclamations both of the
virtuous and the vicious ; of the former, because
they du not perceive in you the proper qualifica-
tions of a reformer of morals, nor believe that
you have adopted the means calculated to pro-
mote such an object, but rather the reverse;
while the latter will` naturally hate him who un-
masks those vices, more particularly if he be
stained with any himself." " But it is strange,"
he answered, " that I should be attacked on all
sides, not only from magazines and reviews, but
also from the pulpit. They preach against me
as an advocate of infidelity and immorality, and
I have missed my mark sadly in having suc-
ceeded in pleasing nobody. That those whose
vices I depicted and unmasked should cry out
is natural, but that the friends of religion should
do so, is surprising ; for you know," said he,
" that I am assisting
.you in my own
way as a poet, by endeavouring to convince
people of their depravity ; for it is a doctrine of
yours, is it not ? that the human heart is cor-
rupted, and, therefore, if I show that it is so in
those ranks which assume the external marks of
politeness and benevolence,—having had the
best opportunities, and better than most poets of
observing it,—am I not doing an essential ser-
vice to your cause, by first convincing them of
their sins, and thus enable you to throw in your
doctrine with more effect ?"—Kennedy's Con-
versations with Lord Byron.

On Saturday night an old woman was left to
watch the corpse of a child, lying in Strand-street, whili
the mother and father went to purchase a coffin. The
old woman fell asleep; the light of the candle, coming In
contact with the straw in the cradle, set fire to it, and in
a short time the corpse was nearly reduced to ashes.
Dublin Register.

RYDE.GOLDSMID, a name celebrated for
immense accumulation of wealth, is now here, attended
by about twenty domestics; and a report is prevalent that
a house has been engaged in the immediate neighbourhood
fir the accommodation of part of his present Malawi's
household..llants Chronicle.

SOMETHING BETTER THAN THE SWAN
RtvEa.—The countries of Tavoy and Tenasserim, with
the archipelago of Merqui, on the east side of the Bay of
Bengal, will no doubt be speedily colonized under the re-
newed charter of the East India Company.--See an ac-
count of their delightful climate and choice productions in
the Picture of India,

We have authority fur stating that the Pavilion
has been left to his present Marzsrr by the late KING;
mid that WILLIAM IV. intends to pats much of his time
Brighton. His MAJESTY will, according to present
arrangements, be bore in September next, sad will pass
roar months every year at the Pavilion. We cannot make
•ueh a statement, without congratulating our townsmen
upon it most cordially.—Brighton Gazette.

SCOTCH LAW TEnme..—ln England the
mystic words of the law are inapplicable to any thing
else; but, one can guess at the meaning of a rule nisi, a
demurrer, end a rejoinder, though the fi flea and
eu sac are more titan sufficiently enigmatical. But
in Scotland the language is perfectly oracular, end 1,
would puzzle thllipus himself to interpret it. When
3 Judge intend, to be peremptory in an order, he
qedains parties to condescend; when be is disposed to be
mild and monitory, he recommends to box their pleas !
Witnesses must he brought into Court upon a diligence,
and before they can be examined they must he purged !
When a man leaves his estates to the poor, be is said to
mortify them ; and when you lime your des...null elder
brother's estate, it is called a conquest !
EXTRAORDINARY CAVERN,...-11l Argyle,
120 miles from Sydney, and three or four from Shoal
Haven, there is a curious cavern. Although it has long
exalted the curiosity of persons travelling in that quarter,
nn one had undertaken the curious task of exploring it,
until Mr. Vltutast SIM'S, of Parramatta, lately vet).
tared to pry into its " depths profound." Ile went down
about 1,200 feet, and would have gone farther hail the
rope by which he descended been long enough to admituf
it. He describes the appearance as gloomy and awful in
the extreme, abounding with stupendous crags, ins thou-
sand romantic forms. When be entered its mouth, the
cold was I) intense that the ground was covered with hoar
frost; but it grew warmer as he descended, end, at the
deepest point lie reached, the heat was scarcely Klippen.
aide. There is a similar cavern at the distance of swat a
quarter of a Mile, but not so formidable in its eppengtoce
as this. The Shoal l!aven Gully, shout two miles to the
eastward, is supposed to be 1,100 feet deep. Mt. Stattux
intends to resume his researches with better preparation%
determined not to give up until he buds the bottom....
Athenaeum.

BIRTHS.
On the 7th inst. in York-terrace, Itegentei
lady of F. Janvrin, Esq. of a son.
On the 4th inst. at Brighton, Mn. James
a son.
On the 7th inst. in Dorset-square, Mrs. 0
,if a son.

MATIRIED.
On the 6th inst. at Ho!beton. Captain G. lii`
of the Grenadier Guards, to Louisa, younged
of the late J. Harri', Esq. of Radfiird, Devon.
On the Bth inst. at West Moulsey, Charles &
Esq., to Elisabeth, second daughter of the late J.
gale, • Esq.
On the Bth inst. at Kennington, Mr. G. J. -
of Gray's Inn, to Elizabeth, widow of J. Livingstone/
I.4es of St. Domingo. ly
On the 6th inst. at Lambeth, William ,
'Ends EN., of Upper Stamford-street, to Mont
youngest daughter of A. 0. Bauch*, Esq., of Cd"
1,4 u, Lanibeei.

D1E1).
jaaelOndeen6sAt.hielens,tohf inst. aged 67, Sir T. Legod, 133°
Canton-hall, Yorkshire.
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OnOn the
Bthsth inst.it.
AiniaCrylapottotnt-vaigs7trbee,
betheinßveriev.tv.:B::,l
}ear of her age. a 0
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On the 6th inst. at Wands h lir "n l'a
otott ,- isa i
.1.,,,e,i 55. of pll
Oa the 6th inst. at Bonet, Mr. T. Gray, late
- I
1, • , •
1, ce, Gray a.iati-luir, aged 78. of
On the Ist in4t. at Bath, Win. DaW*oll, tiq'
Ittrasbury-terraix, Islington, in 8.-
Leonard's-hill, Ilerka.

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PAINTED AND PU3I3BIIEO BY jkillitDO YOV
7u: Sus Orlitoc, 112, *mow, WOO:

THE MARKETS.
ISOUTIIALL MARKET.-.July 7.
This day's supply of Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs, warp
mited, of Calves and Porkers moderately good. The Iti-
semblage of both London and country buyers having to'
limited, the trade was rather dull, at the following prig'
per stone of Sib. to sink the offal,' :-
Boer 35.51. to 4s. 2d. Veal, , 30. &I. to
t 4
Mutton 3 4 4 4 I Pork 3 4
Liimb ..... 41. 4d. to ss. 4d. ,t
The foregoing quotations are, Beef and Mutton 91.,
and Pork Ai. to 4d, per stone higher than on this clay s e nAI.,
in prices of Veal no alteration.-Beasts, 160; Sheep a.nd Larr,
; Calves, 90; Pigs, 121.-But a small proporttoo
supply left the market unsold.
LEWES Id A RKET.......1u1y 6.
Si. 4d. to 4s. CkL Veal 3s. dd to
Mutton 3 4 44 I Pork 0 0 0
Lamb ...... ~ . 4s. Od. to oil. Od.
Supply moderately.
good, and trade very dull.
RUMFORD MA RE.EI'.-July '7.
a. d. to s. d. s. d.
210 310 Veal .1116.• ... ON ... 3 0 •
Mutton 3 0 4 0 Pork ........N.«...... 3 0 '
Lamb 3s. ltd. to ss. Od.
Suckling Calves ftom 141. to 335.; Quarter old I'igsl2l.tol6s46l'
A moderate supply, and a dull trade.
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COUNTRY CORN stAnKgrs DURING THE AVE
Wheat • Barter. oats. 110"'
Per Quarter.' s. •to s. a. s. to s, 5. te
Blandford 59 29 .....M3 ;
65 70 30- 33 18 24 !a
Chard 70 32 23
-
5624 30 49 ~
Huntingdon....... 58 69 23 ft 2 •• 19 •24 30 r,
Long 5utt0n........ 59 a) 37 38 20 95 38 ;
Louth 60 71 '3O 33 20 93
Lynn. . 70 28 33 90 20 1,4 6
Newark fri3 74 28 32 24 30
Nottingham 61 73 28 34 96 30
Peterborough..... 56 70 37 40 18 35 ,$7
Plymouth 58 72 28 33 22 27 31
Pon 69 32-. 25
Sleaford ........-... 60 70 25 36 20 28 Di 0
Uppingham 68 74 3I 34 .00 34
Wisbech ,58 72 - 23 93 31_,,,„„,
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LEEDS CORN MARKET.-3uly6,
We had a smaller supply of Grain to this day's vao
than last week. Fine fresh Wheat . being awe, 14,11,
maintained its price, and there hu been a tellerahleto°t
for the middling qualities that are fresh at hat
price ; but the stale and inferior samples are quite neee'w,
In Barley no alteration. English Oats full as
Foreign without any material variation. Shelling fug It
per load higher, being scarce. Beans and Pease oil'
rather better sale. Malt and Rapeseed, the same allio4
week.
Wheat, Norfolk and fitiffhlk, 601 b.. 470. to 70s. t
York. and Lincoln. 60113.
Barley, Norfolk and Suflblk
- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
- Grinding
. 3
Beans ........».».».......»..... fOh.
Oats, Potato° ......».d .. .. , 2ss, to 94.,
oreign 1.91. to ................... ilk. to 13W,41.11„."1.
. , .... ....... .......... to 355. per ""j„,
Rapeseed, ............... 971. to 291. Foreign,-1. to --I.
LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.-July 6.
This morning's market was thinly attended by 01'7;
town or country millers, and the business of the day W",
on a very moderate scale; rather higher prices were, WI;
ever paid for all descriptions of Wheat, and Oeto mu'l
noted full Id. per 451bs. dearer. Prices of Flour 0,1,
unaltered, but Oatmeal brought an advance of Gtl. to
per, load. No sales reportcsl in locked Corn. at.
WIMAT, English, White, per '7olb.
Red .. .. 0 ;n" 5
-- .. Scotch, Welch, and Mara " 10 0 ,~
- Irish, White "*".." 9 0 It)
g 10
9 0
- Foreign lO o
Oars, Enxlish, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 h 4 9 „I I
- Irish
Foreign 3 10. $.4 0
Bt nay, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter Bo 0 5
Scotch and Irish, per 60114.
Feeding • 4 0
Beans, English, per Imperial quarter O9 e
4
vGiotticeasoif,thehactoncpulsasp7oiro.:vne
---- tiro.
- Foreign
Pease, English, per Imperial quarter
41 0 43
--- Foreign
FLoua, English, per 2801 b. 54 0 0
-. Irish
OATMICAL, English and Irish, per 9401b5.
!soars Coax, per 4401 h.
Ilya, per Imperial quarter ......
MALT, per Imperial quarter 59 0 „L
Neon. or Gnats for the Week ending July . ,o"
031. a
Wheat. Oats. I Barley, Flour. ds
Qrs. Qrs, Qrs. Foreign, tirls.llrish, &c. 115
1,853 3,816 317 30,217 I UM
al)
It currently reported that Sir EDwAfhic
O'Hantta will stand for the county Clare in pile°
son, the present Meraber.-.Dublin Morning
About a fortnight past a young man, 1110!111
his
dtlialigvh,obiYiuff::
TttOXAs Witmer-2r, of Island Magee, fell down
of t2I feet, from one of the highest head buds at I,t
onHtehebrwoakteer
iip stance
tl aalobn:atheaneleac
ribs were also broken by the rocks, which were lib"' at•
yheedinghdoromew,nwetei....Hheewolo'lifiluesti
feet under water, it being low water, from whielt
wonderful to say, in a fair way for retovery.----- •
chronicle.
in several districts of the Queen's Cowlty
rfpg;
lower orders are actually p rishing. from famine. byi
have been tempted into the munnunion of °utr3,g„co inu tti
their distress. and their proceedings are nowxrJ
most dangerous character from a secret system 01 0r57.01
lion which seems to regulate them. Should their 101
logs not be mitigated by some speedy reliefs there pill
no safety for property, perhaps for life, in this count/;oft
.D
it is, the state of things is frightful.--"blin gars
Advertiser.
i tilw
A now work has just appeared, tinder t wi
of the llietorical Miscellany, which, though written_o]
schools, deserves a higher and more general cirn?ll:,o,
rigors will find it a serviceable work-a work witic::lds".
supply, in a great degree, a vacuum long sensibly
those to whom the education of youth is entrusted, ,41,
general scope of this work will be seen at a glenet
admirable, and our readers wilt flnd,:on closer examios":4l
that the details are managed with a faithful, aceuratrogit;
able pen. The Introduction is written forcibly, ond,
, bits the study of History in a light which hitherto ,
unnoticed-but which will, hereafter, we are sure,
generally'adopted and attended to. The author ot°,,
be a tnan.of sound observation, whilst, in the bandl'
his, materials, he has displayed much intelligenction
/kale not with violence or aggravation. He is
novel instructioa. His style is agreeable-and, ,
to schools, of a very popular nature, •;2-, •
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DEATH NEAR KILLARNEY BY141:11w,i
A man about forty years of age, driven by Won!
home, celled late in the evening of hut Thdratnl
house of TIMOTHY MATIONY, ill comfortable farrnersi-2.:
on the Upper Lakes, and begged for a lodging .13'
'•
sustenance; both of which were charitably given' ••••
morning, Mattonx's wife, seeing her guest to be
r and exhausted state, detained him until her cow• 01
thne, and with that genuine Irish hospitality, .11"
still, thank God, to be found with the peasantfi
L native glens, gave him generously and plentifully I°
of the best she had, her new milk. But the
poor man cams too late into the band of this cog'
woman-his strength was gone;.-.and, leaving
intent to proceed to Killarney, he had net journer°
wlen, overcome by the quantity of strong nourish'
had just taken, he sunk on the road, and was bro'4lll,
to the house he had only left one hour before, it
corpse.-- Trake Mercury.
BIRTHS.
Fart' On the 7th inst. in York-terrace, Regent's.
par
of F. Jsavrin, Esq. of a son.
On the 4th inst. at Brighton, Mrs. James 1111 •-•
a anti.
On the 7th inst. in Dorset-square, Mrs. et s.r. I
,if a son.
MARRIED, rnic •
On the 6th inst. at Holheton, Captain G. Filg'-'"4
of the Grenadier Guards, to Louisa, youngeat
of the late J. Harris, Esq. of Radfin-d, 1/evon. ' „.,••
.4;
On the Bth inst. at West Aloulsey, Charles S. .P. 77,1,
EM., to Elisabeth, second daughter of the late J.
gale, Esq.
Nieb
On the Sib inst. at Kennington, Mr. G. J. t.•
•
of Gray's Inn, to,Elisahetli, widow of .1. Livingsteoe,
Iste of St. Domingo.
On the Att. w;ttietn Iles .