The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-26 00:00:00

A bigEiZTEIi'MANSION.

Mr. Aitcnut, a Gentleman 'of about io,oool.
per annum, chiefly landed property in Berkshire, and
partly in Essex, died some rime ago, and left a very
large fortune, great part of which., he gave to his
w ife,-but the bilk went to his daughters by a former
marriage. Mr. ARCHER was a singular charafter :
possessed ofa ptincely.fortUne, with thecontrouling
influence in Bdrkshire, for; which he might at any
time have been returned tO"Parliament if he chose ; he
lived in great retirement w4!l his wife, a Lady whose
chara6ier we shall not examine, observing- only
that she did not mix with society. Mr. ARCI;ilt
had a noble Mansion in Berkshire; where he kept
upa suitable establishment, and his 'daughters lived ;
'but he never resided there 'himself. He lived at a
less ostentatious house in the neighbourhood; almost
wholly confining himself to the society of his wife.
And yet be was 'a social, pleasant companion over
the bottle, and usually drove out in a coach and
six, with outriders. He frequently visited Bristol
Hotwells, but never Mixed in company. Besides
his house in Berkshire; he had a fine mansion on his
beautiful estate .of Coopersale, near Epping; in
Essex. But this hoUse had been deserted for '2O
years or more, no one being all6wed to reside in
if. On the death of Mr. AitCHER, it:fell to the
lot of his daughter,. Mrs. Han BLUN, who, a few
weeks .ago sent a.Surveyor to examine the house.
His report is curious :-.—Neither the gates of the
court-yard, or the doors of the mansion-honse,
had been. opened" for''the period of eighteen years.
The latter, by order, were covered with plates
of iron.. The court-yard was 'crowded With this.
ties, docks, and weeds ; And the inner-hall with
Cobwebs. .The rooks and jackdaws had built their
nests in the chitnnits, and the solemn bird of night
had: taken possession. of. the principal drawing
room. .Several of the rooms hAd 'not been opened
for thirty years. The pigeons had, for the
space of twenty-five *years, built their nests in
the library .. (which contained some thousand
boOks), . having . made a lodgment, through., the
means of an aperture in one of the casernents.-7
Here they had, it is supposed, remained undis-
turbed for the space. above mentioned, as seve_
rid loads of dung were fotindt in ,the apartment.'
A celebrated Natitralist, who was present at the
opening of the hoUse, declared,, he never saw cob_
webs so beautiful before, .or of such an amazing
size; they extended the whole length of cne room,
from the Ceiling to the ground. The wine, ales,,
and rum, of each of which there were large. quanti-
ties, had not been toothed for twenty . years; they
were found in fine order; particularly the port.'
wine. The bailiff; the gardener; and his men,
'were expressly ordered, by their late master, not .to
remove even a weed .from the. gardens or grounds.
The fish-ponds were untouched many years. About
a fortnight since, a Gentleman having had perthis-
sion to fish, caught several jacks weighing 14 and
islbs. each. All the neighbouring gentry have
been to view the hmise and grounds, the ruinous
condition of which forms a topic of general conver-
Anon.

M. Boot: was the first, who conjetured that
there was an intermediate Planet between Mars and
Jupiter. The following are the data on which he
founded this opinion, which is now about to be
verified.
Let the distance from Saturn t* the Sun be - - too.
1. Mareury will be distant from
the Sun - - - 4 of these parts 4
2. Venus - • - 4 and 3 - 7
3. The Earth - - 4 and • 6 - to
4. Mars - - 4' 'and 12 16
S. The Intermediate Planet 4 and '24 -' 28
6. Jupiter - - - - 4 and 48 -
.52
7. Saturn - - 4 and 96 ' - too
8. Uranus or the Georgium Sidus , 4 and 192 - • Ig6
'lt is not probable that there should be an inter
roption in so regular a series: It may also be ob:..
served,'that as the squares of the periods of the re-,
volution of the two Planets are as the cubes of their
:distances from the Sun; the P.linet situated bet Ween
Mars and Jupiter will -perform its revolution in
four years 'and a half.
The Company.of DanceiS at the Opera at Paris,
is on. the largest scale, not less than eight men and:
eight women, principal' dancers.: DEsx AYES, who
-Was lately in England; makes his debut in a few
'days': he met With an accident Which has confined
him six months, and from which he is just recover_
-ed. VESTRIS is at Bourdeaux, from whence, it is.
understood, ..he will go to England (where it is said
:he is engaged), without visiting Paris :
early debrit seems to conarm'this, report.
The Clergyman who on Thursday se'nnight mar- ,
tied Colonel Woon to, Lady, , WART). con-
ceived that,. from the special licenSe which had been
obtained; he was at liberty to perform, the nuptial
ceremony ivithout:any application fat permission to
the ge6lor of the Parish (St. James's).—Do tor.
PARKER; on being made acquainted, with the, cit.-
tunistance,
,:sent, to. ithe Reverend Gentleman, but
not receiving a iltisfaanry. answer, ordered a suit
to he instituted again-it him in the Spiritual Court.'
A few' days' ago a melancholy,event occurred at
a foundery upon the Tynei The ashes and ref Use
of the-fotinclery had been heaped -up against the end
of the dwellingAlousedf a:workman, which was si-
tuated near the Works; Through a crevice in the 'wall,
which had not been ioliserVed, a vapour insinuated
itselfovhich deteriorated the air: of the house so
much that .it became unfit for respiration, and 'the
family,bour or five in number, were apparently suf-
focated, ~They all, however, recovered, except
one. The workinan'to Whom the house belongs had
;left it about twelve o'clock. at night, to go to his
,work, and providentially had occasion to return to
. the house about :three o'clock in the morning,
when, after breaking open the ddor, .he found his
family in , the state above described. This acci-
&nut; return saved the survivors:.
On ThUrsday last was brought before the LORD
MAyoft at the Mansion-House, four destruCtive
stow-boat nets, full of the brood of fish, and two
other nets, seized betdw Bridge by John Rough,
one_of the Principal Assistants, to the, Water Bailiff-
His Lordship having examined the Parties, and
finding old'offenderS-; inflicted the whole- Fe,
nalry., which is five pounds each net,