The Sun.
London, England, 1806-12-30 00:00:00

THE .L/ITE DUKE of BRUNSWICK.

TEE charaEter of this virtuous and excellent Prince
will be dear to posterity, when the foul calumnies‘of
the Tyrant of -France shall have recoiled upon his
own detested memory. It is a pleasing task to. re-
' trace the many noble features that. distingnished-the
charm ier of the late Duke of pau Ni.VICK, and con-
stituted him one of the best of men as -well as the
most. brilliant Generals of his age. amiable
MAamoNTEL, in the Memoirs. of his own Life, gives,
the following trait of him, which it is impossible to
read wihouta pccnliar degree of Interest: Speaking
of his Belisarius, which he.comiosed in mornents of
the Most exalted enthusiasm, he ,says, ‘‘ If this work
is of a graver charader than my other writings, it is
because, while composing it, I thncied I was'utter-
inghly last words, novissima verta, as the Antients
used to say. I first tried what effect the reading of
it would have on the mind of Di b ROT and second,-
ly, on that of the Hereditary Duke de BRUNSWICK,
now the reigning Duke.' DIDEROT was highly pleas-
ed with the moral part; he thought the political teo
concise, and advised me, to. extend it.
" The Prince of BRUNSWICK, who was on his tra-
vels through France, after having waged war against
us with the 'loyalty of chivalry and the valour of a
hero, enjoyed that esteem at Paris which his virtues
merited: ,a more flattering homage than the custom-
wy respect paid to men of his birth and rank. He
was desirous of being present at a sitting of the
French Academy, ah honour that till then had been
reserved for crowned heads. In that sitting I read
an ample extract from Belisarius, and had the plea-
sure of seeing the face of the young hero beam with
animation at the images presented to him, while his
eyes were suffused with tears."

To-day the Lon]) MAYOR ordered the price Of
Bread to continue as last week.

An Expedition sailed from the Island of Jamaica,
at the commencement of November; against the
Dutch Settlement of Curacoa.

We are extremely sorry to learn, that a Messen-
ger arrived last night at the Duke of RICHMOND'S
house, in Privy Gardens, with the intelligence that
his Grace was at the point of death, at Goodwood,
Sussex. His Grace was • attended b his nephew,
general LLNsox.

• TUE TnEatnE.-.--In conformity to the.good old
custom of representing George Barnwell at this
time of the year, when the holiday folks may pro-
fit by its aweful warning, that affecting drama was
pertbrmed • last night atCovent-garden: Theatre.—
Nr. C. KEMBLE has fully established 'his credit by
his excellent representation of the unfortunate' vic7
tim of leMaleartifice. Miss SMITH tuadeher first ap-
pearance in the part of Millwood, which she supported
with great skill and emotion, but with lather too much
of that kind of gesture which belongs to the higher
and heroic drama. The Play was followed by a new
Pantomime, entitled Harlequin and Matki Goose;
or; 'The Golden Egg. We have not room enough
to indulge our Readers with an account of the plot,
nor can it be required, as Mother Goose has long
been a distinguished Lady in the regions 'a romance.
The Pantomime'altogether, for richness and variety
of scenery, clownish drollery, feats of agility, and
'necromantic changes, is one of the very best that
has been seen for many years. It was loudly ap-
plauded throughout by an overflowing Audience.
Mr. MoAToN's new Comedy was 'read on Satur--.
chy 1,14 pi the Green Room, 'at Covent Garden
Theatre.' Mr. KE:vABLE has an interesting part in it,
and 'the rest of the charaEters will have all the
coalic strength of the -Theatre. The' Epilogue is
to.eome from the Author's cold frieo Mr. INLLEs P.
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ANDitEWS. •