The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-26 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, Auo. 24.

As it was expeEted, the Concert.at the Old Ship,
last night, under the favourable auspices of the ac-
complished Lady CHARLOTTE LENICOX, exhibited a
very elegant display of beauty and fashion. Lieu-
tenant-General LENNOX, recently returned from his
crutze off France, in the Otter Sloop of War, 'with
his Lady, the Patroness of• the amusements of the
evening, the Marquis and Marchioness of DOWN-
SHME, the Duchess DE LA PIENNE, the Earl and
Countess of KENNIARE, and an assemblage of up-
wards of two hundred persons, were present.
Though the Concert was so. elegantly attended,
the Theatre, at which the Sheet Anchor of Altion
was again repeated with .increased effed; had a very
genteel, and. a very numerous auditory. On Tues-
day next the Duchess of MARLBOROUGH bespeaks
the Wife of Two Husliands, and Catherine. and Pe-
truchio,- for the benefit of the junior BRUNTON,
The Rides yesterday had a very gay appearance.
Ou Frid.iy a• barouthe and , four, having the Gentle-
man to whom it belonged in the dicky, and several
Ladies in the body of the carriage, unfortunately was
driven into the mud, it being ebb tide, at Shoreham
Harbour, where 'it presently upset. To describe the
distress of the Ladies is almost impossible. Hap-
pily, however, though all were in the greatest
danger, the Accident had a-favourable termination.
1 collier on Friday, that ran, ashore here near the
Old Baths, to unload her cargo,, by a sudden altera-
tion in the weather, had very nearly been wrecked,
'The-breakers drove her upon some projecting
which perforated her bottom, abut did, not do her
so much injury'but that she was•made.‘sufficiently
water-tight, to be got off yesterday,' to proceed,' we
• believe, for the.docks at Shoreham.
The Churches, Chapels, &c. had all numerous
Congregations this morning. The Rev.. Mr. Poa(ris
delivered as very. learned. Discourse at the Chapel
.Royal 5 and an excelleht Sermon was preached by
the Rev. Mr. CARR at the Parish Church.

-MATHEWS'S Benefit last night at the Haymarket
Theatre was a complete bumper, and many persons
were unable to pro Cure seats; In 'addition to the
other theatrical attra&ions, he treated his frietfds
with soma.speaimens of Yimtri/oquisra, a faculty
which he has often exercised in private with very
,great success. He introduced a whimsical dialogue
last night, supposed to• pass between him and a
who is understood to be withiri a chest that
appeared on the stage. This dialogue came from the
ready pen !Ind fertile humour of Mr. T. D121)2N,
and the voices of the father and child were so corn.
.plctely in contrast, and apparently at such a distance
from email Other, as to excite no' slight degree of
surprise, as well as to afford much entertainment to
the audience.

The Cork Theatre opened for the season last
week. ELLISTON is engaged there for a few nights,
and has performed with considerable'suecess. Mrs.
H. JOHNSTON is also engaged, and appears to be a
favourite. .

Mrs. MOutrrAlN; who had engaged to perform a
feW nights on the Dublin Boards, has had a dispute
with the Manager, and relinquished her engage-
ment. The Manager, however, had.- brought an
aetion against her.husband for non-performance of
covenant.

A sharp contest for the city of Bath is
,expeded
at the next Election. ;Lord CASTLEREAGH and Mr:
HOBHOUSE are given out as opponents to the present
Members, :Lord JOHN THYNNE and. Mr. PALNIER.
We stated in yesterday's Paper, that our Corres-
pondent from.Hamburgh had given us the assurallee;
in a private Note, of the Prussian Troops haying
actually Commenced the evacuation of Cuxhaven.—
We do not find the circumstance mentioned in other
letters; but we 'rely on the information we have re-
ceived. He states .to us, that, for some days,
the Prussian Troops were observed to Lein march,
concentrating themselves; and that.on the 15 th in-
stant. at one o'clock :in the morning, the Troops in
Cuxhaven began the ;evacuation of that place,- With
the whole of their Attillery.

PO

LE, AUG. 2:3.

On niesday last we had a dreadful storm, accom-
'palled with tremendous peals of_ thunder, and the
most vivid lightning; 'though its, continuance was
but short it did much damage. A girl 'going up
some 'stairs of a spinning fa6tory was struck
down, and remained senseless and speechless for
mAny:honrs. A green furze hedge caught lire, and
would have been.•totally destroyed .had not some
men extinguished it with water ; close by, the hedge
it shivered the pole of a Weather-cock in a thousand
,pieces, some parts were thrown to_ a great distance.
In the 'evening we were again ahrmed, the same
sort of tveather corn* on again with great violence,
which lasted during the night. At Christ Church
it killed seven cows and a, pig,, besides doing much
more mischief, though not of any 'serious conse-
quence. •

Yesterday se'nnight there -was a violent fall of
rain, accompanied with much thunder and' light-
nun, in the neighbourhood of BantV. Some sheep
in a park near Macdolf were killed by the lightning..
. During the late thunder storm, which was .so
general over the South of Scotland, the lightning
'struck the house of.- Bailie HuTcutNsos, head
ofWellgate-stket, Lanark, and set fire to •the roof
of the staoks,.which,/forms one of the wings of the
main-house ; but the rain, which fell in torrents. at
the time, prevented itdoing further damage-than
destroying the roof. A very fine pear tree, which
covers almost the whole back wall, of the house
was, with its rich crop 'of fruit, -atirely destroyed.
Fortunately the family, escaped without material in-
jury ; Mrs. H. who was in bed at the time, was not
sensible of any shock, but next morning She felt an
unusual lassitude, and was not able for some days to
go about. - ,
The same night, or early next morning, an at-
tempt was made to break into the manse at. Lanark;
but the Clergyman happening to be -awake at the
time,' scared the depredators; and having imme-
diately pursued, was fortunate enough to lay hold
of one of them, near to the Tolbooth ; to which .he'
was immediately committed,, to remain there till
dealt with according to Law.
. The lightning, on the 9th inst. fell on the Cotton
Factory near Millthorp. Attracted, by: the vane,
it forced its way down through,the counting-house,
but fortunately did not,do much damage.
During the above thunder storm, a poor man (a
traveller with cloth for sale) and his son• Were struck
doWn as they were standing in the door of a cottage,
at Lowood, near Cartmeal ; they had a horse kilted ,
on'the spot. Much to the credit of. the neighbouring
Gentlemen, a subscription was, set on foot to procure
another poney for the poor man.
The same evening there was a most, tremendous
storm of thuhder, lightning, and heavy rain in
Yorkshire. A young man was struck blind by
the lightning in the street, near the Pavement-
crass, York..
. .

The Churchwardens and Overseers of St. George's
,
Parish in the Borough, have, very much to then' ho-
nour, offered a reward of 501. for the discovery of
the person
,or persons guilty of the horrid murder
committed upon rhe unfortunate female in •the neigh-'
bourhood of the King's Bench Prison. •
• The late lord KINNAWYS .Holise, at Ealing, haS
been purchased by Sir JAMES EARLE, whose Chirur-
gical knowledge and talents are 'deservedly in.high:
repute. The purchase-money was 9000 i. and the
power of buying such a property shews
,the success
which attends 'talents and industry under our happy
Constitution.

Fonrnerly the Salmon fishery belonging to the
town of Dundee was let'at 801. per annum, and last
year at t 001. per ann. On
.Thursday the Tort n-
Council received written proposals, when the fishe-
ries were let at 6001. per ann. on a lease of seven
years.

We had not room yesterd,ly for the following de-
scription of Mr. GOLDSMID'S new hoyse, near Mer-
ton, where he gave the splendid 'Fete :

The elevation is Grecian. The south front is or-
namented With a portico of the Athenian style of ar-
chitecture, andin this is the principal entrance, which
passes' through a logee, or small vestibule of Portland
stone, on each side of which are two most superb
conservatories, 'filled with orange, citron, and other
shrubs. The centre of the house is an oaagon of 3R
feet and 54 feet in height ; the cieling is divided into
eight pannels, by ribs which spring, from the pilasters
on the sides, and are painted in imitation of fine red•.
oriental marble, with ornaments to represent as if in-
laid with white marble. The whole of the sideJ walls
are stuccoed,- and painted of the same kind of mar-
ble
several shades lighter. Tild contrast between the
two marbles relieving the pilastres ls.very fine, There
are four niches, containing each.a figure, of the same
marble, holding painted-limps There are also in-
troduced 16 figures on painted glass, representing
the Seasons, Sciences,
.Elements and. Four 'Quarters
of the Globe, which by-day appear as windows;
and by night are lighted behind, producing- an el'
feet elegant
.andl rich. Near the 'saloon is the.
library, which is a neatly fitted up room, the walls
bright yellow, highly varnished, the door, shutters,
• &c,. yellow satin wood. Opposite the library is the
breakfast-room, a most beautiful unique room,' One
window of whiCh looks into the eonservatory, the
other into a Most elegant and extensive aviary, filled
with birds of rare and various plumage. Ott the
other side of the Saloon is the eating-room, which is
strikingly elegant—it is, forty feet, by twenty-
two, with a groined clang panted in imitation of
white veined marble, and bronzed kihs, the wall
finished in the same manner;, in four recesses of this.
room are fixed stoves which Nye plated furniture,
and most singularly -Aapted on the top of each ap-
pears a superb vase, near six feet high, one contain,
ing water which is filled frOm a spring, and is drawn
for the use of the table. From this room a fold-
ing door opens iptd the small drawing room,.
which is so connected with the large-drawing room
as to make the two- rooms have the -appearance of
one. These two roonts are most superbly fitted up;
the cielings are painted from Chinese ornaments;
the sides are covered with a most beautiful India
paper of a grey, ground, silver foliage, and birds and
flowers; the shutters and other wo9d-work are paint-
ed blue, and are enriched by paintings that have the
appearance of inlaid work. 'The furniture of this
rodm is blue, silk, tastefully arranged- in festoons,
,which go round the whole of these two' rooms,-4-,
1. he whole is a master-piece of ingenuity.

FOREIGN INTE,LtiCENCit.