The Sun.
London, England, 1808-04-29 00:00:00

POETRY.

0%1 Vie rogNIS WRITTEN BY THE LA'IE VIOSIAS
RT4LL, But, OF THE THEATRE ROYAL, C.)VENT-
GAIIDEN.
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When HULL, the benevolent, moral, and's*,
Consign'd his poetical treasures to Fame,
•Both Csbi i us and VIRTUE rejoic'd o'er the page,
But each, as his Patroness, boasted her claim.

Says GENIus, 'TWaS j,who from life's early Rout,
" IrPpell'd hirrfo'er regions of Fancy to stray;
" 1 taeght birn to find ev'ry beautiful fiow'r,
"And aterish the laurels he gain'd on the way."

"But I," answcr'd Viitrus, "from Vice's fell snare,
" And Passion's allurementtt, ptiateded his youth;
" I still honed nigh, with atEdionate care,
" Concluding him safe to the Temple of Ti

At lenv,th,•all exclusive pretensions resigri'd,

rwas own'd in his merits that each bored part ;
ENt us was proud She einbellish'd his wind,
And V ticr U k content that she rul'd o'er his heart.

BRAHAM is if course to .be the hero of Mr. Cum-
aßrtt-ksto's forthcoming Op,m-a, and his songs ore
said to be in the plain and simple style, which will
.'not adMit of the 'ornamental luxuriance which usual-
ly characterises his singing. KELLY has. compty.ed
'most of the music, which has a very favo-..nauie re-
port, JOHNSTONE is to supply sonic popurar Irish
and the'veterail Bard has allowed a friend of the
.performer to introduce words adapted to them.
The Dublin Theatre has lately been much an- •
noyed by a fellOw, who, in every interesting scene,
imitated the sound of a Cuckoo. At length it was
found necessary to pull out the ill-otrientd bird by
his leak.
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The Institution in Argyll-street .haVe: at length
found it necessary to add the solid comforts of a good ;
%supper to its entertainments, as the charms of sound
. proved; as Ildher Paul says, too "windy a reerea-
tion,"--and it has been found that this addition
has been acceptable to the general taste.
It is somewhat curious that Mr. COLMAN and Mr..
C. KEDSELE have both been employed in writing a
Play and a Farce upon the same subjects. Though
Mr.C,KeNaLE had finished his Play, hg has, it seems,
waived his pretensions in favour of Mr. COLMAN ; but
the • Farce written by the former will probably be
'.brought forward in the course of the present season,
at Covent Garden.
We understand that a promotion of Admirals will.
Very shortly take place.
Chester Races, which commence next Monday,
are expeeied to be well attended by the principal
families of. Cheshire and Staffordshire, as well as
-those of North Wales. Earl Gaosyarrou, his rela-
'tive, General
.GHOSVENOR, the Member for. that
city, Sir Wa-rxiii WILLIAMS WYNNE, Sir THOMAS
1‘105:1"Ybli. Darts, and several other peraons'of rank
leave town,. ou Friday and Saturday, for the pur-,
• pose,' having, horses to run for the PRINCE'S Purse
of too guineas, besides several matches and sweep-,
stakes. ' • •
THH RVIANd PASSION STRONG IN DRAT p.--Wl:en
Hal SOrdding; the celebrated' gambler,•wat On his
death-t 1 d; he addressed his P,hysteian in these words
,--t°'Doaer; I knew your skill, and [ believe you
• are an honest Man ; I ant.about to put a question to
yob, the anSwer to which ivi
.11 net alarm me,' be it
what it may.—How Many days do you think I may
live 'Three," said the Doctor.--" I'll bet you
twenty guineas," died the patient, " that I will
Spedding died the 'next morning.'
Two scholars beihg ano•day at table with Bishop
EATON, a fat goose, was set down, -atiethe
ordered it to, be .put before the scholars : it ..And be
your,oWp carvers, " ,said he,; ".whilst I attend.to the
rest Olthe company." The Bishop aftervrards asked
it they bad done with tho ? Yes, my Lord,"
cried one of the schblars„ the " °awls p.;ato."

Count O'Rett.t.yd some years since .Generalissirno
of the Spanish Army, ;having failed in an expedition
against the-Ma:ire. the ignorant spanish Priests insi-
nuated that.the cause of the failiire was, that he did.
not go often enough:to masrs: when the General was
told this, he said, with a smile, !',I k)elieve I go:es
(pen to mass as the Dey.of Algiers."., , ,
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Though the Morning 'Paper which affeeted to
speak 'contemptuously- of -:Mr: PrckartiNo, who •
wrote that'idmirable Letter whicfr we published on •
Tuesday last; did not think proper to insert so clear.
a statern6ut of 'the INC interests' of America, ailik
developement of the narrow views and mischievous
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remit) vevatr.os." policy of its President, it has condescended to men-
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tion theireportantf4, that Mr.,PlexertiNG wrote
. u To- the Governor of the Council, net intetin:.
" Aranjuez, March !,r,
.quB." another Letter to Mr. SULLIVAN, justifying himself
for sending the first i though ~hoth. Leti.ers 9titain.
The above Royal Order, being this day published
more v_aluable.nsattor, in relation to this (-wintry
in full Council,' it is enjoined that it be .obeyed .and
ind the United States, than has issued from the
fulfilled, and, for the information of all, printed aigl
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posted in the usual peblic, places of this cotn.t._ll, press fora long period.
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pursinince of this InjunCiion, -I signit at Madrid, Yesterdayi the Prince of WA Las's T..Oyal Velon-
this gist day. of March, Me.
tack, Colonel .Dittitszaertn, marched out fiore the
- D. BARTOLOME IgtIGNOZ,' '. * King's Mews to :
lilhurn Wells,- where they, fired
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at a target for a silver.cu,p, value SO guineas.,
,the gift
of Colonel DaublitiOND, their Commanding Oflicev,
It appears from Letters 'which bad been received to him who should
.prove to be the best markseoan •
at Finshing from Rotterdam, that the Dutch Go- on the day appointed for a trial of skill. Mr. IV AT-
vernnaent had allowed one of the American Vessels i ,Krsr,of the ad company, lodged his ball in, the very
'which had been seized,to be employed in- taking • „ale
t of the ball's eye. There were soinp other
capital shoes, but Mr. W.'s of course carried otttlie
back the crews of the several Vessels which lied
been' condemned. The choice of-the ship was to prize, with which be was presented, accompanied
be. determined by lot, which fell upon the. Ocean •; with an appropriate, address, in the presence of *the
and this vessel was to sail about the 24th instant. Corps.
Other Letters report that the French troops, which , The St. James's Volunteers bad a grand field-day,
occefiled-Varel, Oidenburgh, Knyphausen, and the yesterday, in Hyde Park. ' .
net Ong country, have all been: removed and u
.Ow the th iestant, the following uncommon
matched towards the Rhine, where, it isreaid, a occurrence, in the :breeding of cattle, happened at
large force is to' be concentrated. - the farm of Mr.' Robert Hode4on, at Bridelcirk-
A smuggling vessel has brought accounts from Hall, viz. a mare..pt
,his foaled twins, with life,
Flushing up to the 27th instant. Information hadand at their full time. '
reached that town, calculated to raise an alarm in- ~ A Mr. 'l'. lately won'eo,nool. et play, at a certain
the neighbourhood. The French troops stationed , house in St. James's-street, sinee_which he has lost
at Bremen-, Hamburgh, and the adjacent.distriets of . 40001. of it. lie has accordinely had the good sense
Gerreauy, had been ordered to march instantly into • to withdraw himself entirely troin the gaming table.
.06114.4,, where their arrival was expected every) On Monaay last the snow was so deep upon Sun-
day. These, movements, it was understood,. had : more, in Westmoreland, as to render it necessary to
been occasioned by an apprehension, generally en- -.scut or cad through it. ,
tertaqied, that an attack was about.to besmade by . tarty on Wednelday morning the shop of Mr.
the Englisht upon some part of the Dutch coast. At Knight, of Queen-street, Ponies, %WM:hi-Mk er, was
.the same time it was reported, that the, embargo broke opert, and watches, rings, -brooches, ikc,' tip
upon the shipping in that port was to be taken off . a very considerable amount stelen therefrom. The
in the course 01 the following day. - , r . , deprthlatofa have nut as yet been discovered.

CoßoNfitt's INcitia•rs.-,:4t • half tetia)'ClOOt,
yesterday Morning an Inquent wan held iit thB r.tVo•
Brewers;. irk Scones-`place, Islington, of tfici..-ti6-it 6r.
44. Alit Pope. From the testiquuy
54:Ulthorpe, servant to the deceased, and that of a
Stitteon, who was called in at the time of :thetn-,
fortunate event; it appeared that The.deceased w
old and attt!,lii. the opinion of:the Srtrgeon,
it was most likely ;hat the deceased had.lost her
life by an apbpleaic fit. VerdiCt —Died Gy the Vi-
sittaion of God;
tietween v.velve-ancl one o'clock an Inquest was
held at the Black Bull, St. John's-street',
on the body of a man of the name of Warner, who
was found 'hanging-to tholop of his bedstead,
garret, near Peter's-lane, on Tuesday last.: :The de-
ceased. wds a very old man, a chinahcp.sweeper; hint
been a pauper .imeheMbrkhOuse, w,is turned 0:
for drunkennessgmbd) shnrtly after that conarnated
this rash ad. lie had been on bqard a-Man of
War itr the American War,. was woutided in the
head, had his skull:it-en:tuned; and was apf to be
sometimes, delirious afterwards. Verdiet—Lunacy.

Last week the 'daugtiter of a restieEtable firmer,
near Wakefield, was apprehended •on a charge .of
writing threatening letters to two gentlemen at She&
field. By the same post each received a letter,
timating that if a sun) of =nay was not ti.n.thwith-
sent to a certain athhesc, to be Jett 4,the Post-office,. "
Wakefield, a charge of having collittitited an liana:
tural crime would he sworn against hill). They both
b ippened to consult the same professional gcntfernasn,,

who advised them to addr,:ss aletter; a 5 ,orderi.L.t,

and the post-rnaster Ica, dirr.:Lled to deta;n the pors..a
who might call for it. Atbordingly,"'wben
posed otLnder catue, she was trated.to a shop in the
town, but before hcraPpreheinicin she contrived by
wine means to get quit of the letter. !his beets
given for her appcarince at the caching Ses,iom;
when the parties aro bound to prosecute.

At the time the Embargo torlk place it; America, '
there were about . forty c.le:isels laden for the mo,l
part with fiat' seed, I.))und for Ireland. The article
being of a perishable nature, so meth so, that. it it
did not,arrive iTmely'for sowing, it whtild only be tit
for 'crushing, the Merchants represented this to
Cangressi by a Petition, `On the t ,;th of FebruarV ;
which was refused. They agaie repeated it on the
lath of March, and stared that most of them would
be ruined- if the Vessels were not suffered to proceeda
The ahswer was, that their requ( st was unreasona.
ble, 'and ought not to be complied with. It'is much
to be regretted-that seed was not permitted to go
forward, for, at the present time there is not half the
usual supply of seed in Ireland. About two-thirds
of thq•quantity concurred is imported from ;Ale:'rica ; the other one-third from Russia. and Holland ;
hOt on acceun'tof the war taking place with the for..
mer before the season for shipping seed commenced,
•it was nut possible to obtain it from thence; and,
owing to the Decrees of*BtiewAnTe, Merchants,
were deterred importing from :the latter. Ireland
, consumes, on. an ,average, about 48,009 hogsheA4ll
annually, and there is not more than'2o,*oo ltp s•
•.heads in the country. From an expectation that
the knlbargo would be,talien orr(which would have
materially lowered the price) tariners-have delay o&
their purchases. The usual price for a hogshead ix
about seven, guineas; at presetit eleven., arid
holders will not sell under fifteen gtiineas, whicl; LIO
,doubt will be obtained ; for, independent of the small•
quantity of seed, England imported annually from
Russia more raw flax than what Ireland can prodiite
this year from the seed in the cpuntry; large 'Sti3P-:
merits have been made, and are now.makipg, from
the North of Ireland to this Couutry ; so that Ire-
land will. be vaned upon to supply us with tiritias
well as her ownitinen. trade..----But the worst come; .
qUence to be apprehended is, lest the high price of
se6d should put it out of the reach of tlr poor tar•
mer,,w4o hotp* graWS ir, but employs his Whole
larnily, during the winter, in the m.inufa6luring
of it. -

It •wciuld be very desirable that Government itb. rota
kraut a bounty 'of ten shillings per peck to the podr
firmer, for any quantity helni4ht sow not exceeding
One. bushel. It is to be hoped-the Right tithi,.;ur.r.ib'e
.Jour: .IzoSTEtt, who is e%er to' -the:interest and
welfare of the pnor of Irelaudil will adopt some
measure for their. relief. • „ , •

. In consequence of the scarcity:and.high price.
seed in Ireland, some British IVierchants have been ,
.tempted to ship some old.seed,'whith.they
`from the 'north. of Europe; for crushing I
however, -"UV are happy. toi. find, fr,..•in J • .1;r:
NnwPtiagr's Motion in the:House of Commons
the 27th' inttant„.that the Linen Board,'M order. to
prevent any imposition that might take .place by the-
expcacure for Sale of bad seed,. have ordered the; la-.
speelinglNlicers 'to exert all their ust.Lii
and take eire-that no flax-seed wa muttered to p:iqi
but what tV:.I% in tlke hogsheads, the usuil•paciogo.
for. American seed—that from the North of E4l•
lope, intended for oil, being usually in sacks.

SMITIIVIELD MARKET,, 11. 4;3
This day's varlet wai bat .4pp(iod with
different .kind 4 of Cattle ; Beef, Pork, Void, ;),;(1
Lamb are cheaper than our last report; Mutton
ports Jast price, and the trade in general wa,, ~ot
4c47 brisk, The slies in the Haymarket were so
what dal; Ho, Straw, and Ct(ivei,'lltive Linea H
price since Monday's market,--The (inch:l'lllcm i0n,.1
prices and iturnhers.are an' accuratestatemetlt :

To sink t 14;! per stone Qt
Mil 4s. 41. to Ss. 4(l', --Mutton 4s. ()A. to v.. 6 1 --
6%. cut. to 7s. 61.--lanth 4.4.-`Ol.l. to 7s. 6d.—Pork ,S.
tos, 6.1.

Beasts. 450.—ShoOp 'and Lambs,
.5,600. Calves,
riPp
Hay St. tea. `ty 61. isq. oil —Clover 61. os. od. t, 71.
od—Straw 1,1. As. oil. to 2415. 00.

dottbrlxdismacm, V9:--There are
,not
many fresh arrivals of 'Wheat 'to day, and the sales
are iullv at last prides; Barley iTi_short sdpply,
with Malt, motnatid ,better Prlt6 ; there are hilt
few
.Pease ant-Vile:ins of both tsutts., which rt Lriain
nearly at last prices; the supplia 411" Oats are like.
wise short, .and talcs its this tips lo ti:qcli rather bettt r
prices ;: nom remanis ikithoutilltoQ!,tion.

1 Wheat 4SS 3 58$ 3 72S 'od. 4 ick,lllow3 "-. 5154 ii 73 ,ni
Fine ditto -74 S a 77c ot: Oats ° rls a pis a .pna od
Rye - . 1s a iots od i'alAnd dill.* 'lt% 3 4Z, .Ft
Barley. - - 4sa Ps oil PPtatoe ' " - —.g a 44 u
Malt - -66 i a -,61 od lKa p: Set:O."' , :lil A 381 ,04
'White. Pease Os a 1.583 at Fine 1.104 cilr a.b a 401 oti
Grey ditt. -53. i a 56S od geconc4l - - . s,:s a i;„ ,4
beans (Ohl) s4s a 645 3d

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