The Sun.
London, England, 1801-01-20 00:00:00

THE BALL-ROOM.

THIIR MiotsTt as ,enterect the Ball-Ro°fl3
pteeisely at nine o'Clock, accompanied by the
four Elder PRINCE64IS and their several linen
tints. The Kitts o first paid his Complim
the Foreign Ministers and their Ladies, and aleilt,
went round the room, conversing with ever/
I.ady within the circle allotted for dancing.
The Bill-Room' was more fully attended that:
has been usual of late years, though &he Dant:e-
ents to

ing
Minuets were danced :- ' • - • - •
• • ( PRINCESS AUGUST* . •
DUX"f
Y"K c
PRINCESS ELIZA/Witt.
DUKE of CLARENCZ ••R_ "CI"
MARY)
PRINCESS oOrtilA.
PRINCESS Soriust of GLott.
. Lady MARY Y TRYNNE,
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DtmEofCUMIZRLAND I* CAROLINE TilYNirt,
Lady 4. MARIA STANIIO7E••
PRINCE WILLIAM .. Lady CHARLOTTE, Towl:slit.:4l).
Only two Country dances took place; namely,
"Lfdy Harriet Hope" and " Miss Murray."--
At a quarter past ten the Kt No . rose, which was
the signal for the dancing .to conclude:
His MAJESTY looked uncommonly..well, and
wore a great quantity of the richest diamonds, on
different Orders, his star, sword.hilt, button and
loop, rings, &c. hut above all, a Turkish Aigrette
faitened to his hat, which he ,held on his arm,
exposing the Aigrette to full view. In the shape
• ofa hand, it was composed of a vast number of
the finest diamonds ever beheld, 'which attracted
and 'fixed the attention of the whole room. Be-
hind it was a heton's'feather, worth at least
5001.
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The Qtrzaw wore a string or the finest pearls
ever .seen, some as large as sparrows' eggs. Her
pettiCoat festooned up with bows of diamonds,
On her bead she wore a beautiful diamond corn.
net, and hair powder ; 'and a white rose in her
breasi., She Walked round the toom, was inhigh
spirits, and very gracious) speaking to almost
every one presintl
The four Prerrtcasszs present, Daughters of
Tilt rR, MAJtsrits, wore each a diamond cre-
scent.,and splendid diamond necklace. 'ELIZA.
BETH had a redtose. Her Hiipmess seeing some
of the Ladies at the bottom without partners to
the Country Dances, with great good humour,
Made the Duke of CLARENCE go to the back
rows, and press two Officers into the service.
All the Cabinet Ministers were present during'
the Ball, :Ind at >the Kirro.'s elbow, except the
LORI) CNANCE LLoR and the puke Of PORTLAND.
Mr. Prrt and Lord GRENVILLE were principally
in conversation with Fits MAJESTY.
Neither. the PRINCE or PRINCESS of Wm, ts
%ere at the Ball, .

DUKE of KENT

.w.r.'

The illuminations at the West,-End of the
'own were very splendid... The Opera House,
Drury-Lane, Covent Garden, and the Hay_
tnarket Theatre, shewn brilliantly. St. James's
'Street and Pall-Mall had a very animated appear-
ance. In Bond Street, Mr:"-Mmt.TrzquAte's hOuse
syas particularly distinguished. A very hand-
some Star, consisting of upwards, of so° variegat.
&I Lamps, with Shamrock Leaves, C. R. Crowo,
ttnd other devices.
Mr. Hototaktin, C. P.. Crown, elegant tram-
-11/4 anent Pain/iiii, the inlignia of the oflhe
aster; with other devites.
Mr. li-lArcurrt4 C. R. Crown, Shanirock
teayes,- and other devices, displayed with peat-
tress and taste.

'The Rev. Dr. BLAIR, whose death wefor-
mexlytulentioneti, was the son of a respectable
IVlerehant in Edinhtirghi'who having sutlerettcon:
§ider,a.hly in his circutnstauces‘ by the' South-Sea
scherile, was afterWariiiitivAccotutrant of gxcice.
Iliter:teA IA Was Ordained.fo the Parish of Col les ie,
)p in t 743 Fhe faire preaching,
eVkiv.itt. this votly period, procuredhim in. a few
irlonthc!, a'translaticin' theeanbngate Church
at,Esin:b4r2.,h, in which he remained till 17;i,
When he v.'4,;‘a4t;Seri;One of the ,Ministers of the.
City) and in,. x. 701 was preferred to the High
Church. About this time he. opened a class fox'
kbotoric and Jei.lles Lewes, to :which he read
'the first sketch of-his Leeturel, and,- these -,were
so.highly apprtived, than in 1759 he W § Created
the first 'Regius Professor of -Rhetoric .and Belles
Letties •in the University of litlinburgh.
2762, he published a Critical.DissertatiOn On the
Poem of Ossian, ;in which,. from internal, evi-
dence, he sUpported the anticitiity of that Poem;
In 1777 the first Volume of his Sermons appeared,
arid since that period, three more volumes have
been pUblished. These Sernioi s haveexperinced
a success unparalleled in the annuls of pulpit elo-
qttence, which they have justly merited.by their
purity Or sentiment, justness 'of 'reasoning, and
grace of .composirion. . In addition, to,these,vo-
inmes, we are happy 'tb heat- that the Doftor,
previ(ms,t9 his death, . delivered .the MSS': of 7a
fiftiVivolume into the -hands of his Publishers,
twltich is far advanced in the pik.'sr: In 172ri his
4414 t es on Rhetorie and the Ilciles Lettres ,were
published. These LeEtures are t7:llinen fly disti
&Shed by laboOptts investigaticn, sound 'Sense,
,ati4le6ned taste I and above. all, by thatisicaro
ords which always proves 'i Writer to be Master
Qfliis siibjed., In short, this Work'ina.)l' be
considered as an unequivocal. and sure stanchrd of
Taste.
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Th. BLAIR lived in eoMtant, habit! of friendly
intimacy with the first literaiy charaeier,, of 'the
age, whocontd not tail of being warmly attaehd
to a man who had employed his life in tiffrusiii
through his Country 4 genuine 41,tc: for rlitell-
terature, maintaining the peace and justice °fits
ecclesiastical establishments, and enforcing :`the
precepts, of Christianity not more by thp.powax tit
his eloquence than by the purity of his'iannetti'
WC shall, conclude with. observing that t very
line,- every sentiment that has issued-from the
pert of this eminent Divine, tends to: the gfeat
tentre of all his views, the promotion of :virtue,
religion, and humanity ; and that all his aetions
ivere no leis pointed towards the same great end.

, The eentury has been usheied in at Berlin by
nearly as many copies of verses as there have
E year elapsed in,the course of it., In one of them,
the Gholt of the lust Ceatutj is introduced ego-
versing with the pririeni.Centx7, an.infant in the
Cradle. The latter, though not barn (with n sil-
Zer ',peon in itt mouth, is yet ptoinisea a haPPY ter-
mination, which, says the deceased Century, will
be produced by the Genius of FREDIRIC

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DEAL, JAN. 19.

His Majestft Ship Ntmesi's sailed this morn_
ing to the Westward,. having under conyoy. the
Berririgtou, .117itrwell, Malabar, Btidgewater,
William Dent) and Roses bound to India for rice,
together with a large Fleet or Metchx:tmen.