The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-27 00:00:00

MdRGATE, AUG, 46.

TROVGII this place abounds in beautiful prospects,
yet the pasiing sight of the homeward East and
West India Fleets afforded us a more than common
enjoyment on Tuesday. -
The extreme beauty of the weather continues to
tempt new visitors to join our already crowded town..
The Theatre is unusually successful. Miss SMITII
has no 'reason. to complain of her reception. Her
'on Tuesday gave much pleasure. She
is not, however, the best of Singers, and in the
Cuckoo Song did not acquit herself with a de-,
gree of ability proportioned to her other merits.
I.BvEußovE's Touchstone was respegable, and so
was WIIEATLEY in Jaques. The part of Sylvia.was.
performed by a young Lady, but her, terrors pre-
vented her from bringing forth what talents she may
'possess. .We exped Miss PUNCAN far a -few nights.
' If the Packets continue tp supply new visitors,
many`of them must be compelled to occupy the
'gf.ound floor of a Hog's-stye, for most stations of a
higher kind have long since been disposed of,

After all that has been said of Mr. YOUNG'S en-
gagement at one of the Winter Theatres in London,
it appears that he goes to Bath and Bristol on the
conclusion of the Haymarket season, and thence pro-;
ceeds to various .other places till the Haymark4
Theatre operas again. We cannot hit feel surpriso
that so respedahle un a&or should thus be doomed
to rancler about, consictering the present BOW of
the London Theatres.

LOVEGROVE; who is engaged for Drury Lan*
Theatre, in the ensuing season, will be a considers-
blo acquisition to it. -He was so comlartably settled
at Bath, that ho had often avowed an intention of
never engaging at a London theatre; but tho. Londot4
Managers have a winning way.

ELLISTON has renewed articles with the Drury►
Lane' Managers for three years. Mrs. 40anAti is
engaged tar the same period.

The Road to Ruin drew a large audience ,to the'
Haymarket Th'eatre last night, 'an& YouNo deserv-
edly obtained great applause in the part of Hurry
Dornton.

It is said that. a Gentleman has undertaken, for ti;
wagcr of one thousand guineas, to climb, from Cheaper;
side, to, the dragon at the top of Bow-churcio
steeple, there to hang his hat and descend without
the assistance of either ladder or rope.
On Wednesday, the 19th, her Grace'the.Duchess
of RICHMOND visited the Charitable Repository, i 4
backOle-street,'Dublin. This particular Charity is
singularly useful to indigent and industrious females..
It atfords a mart for any thing that female ingenuity
Or industry may produce. This Charity was first -
patronised by the Countess of Il.sanwtcrc.r., was
afterwards most liberally encouraged by, her Grain
the Duchess of BEDFORD, and is now santlioned by
her Grace the Duchess of RicusioNl). liberal
encouragement which Was giVen by her Ghee. the,
Duchess of BEDFORD to this novel, and extensive in-
citement to ingenuity and industry cannot .pcls,so.l
receive too much commendation.
Messrs. RAYMOND, DOWTON, and FiTzsluggla'
we're' received with the greatest applause, at DLIP"
dee. The Theatre. overflowed each 'night of their
performance. On the Sunday preceding their de: ,
parture, a most excellent Sermon was preached. at
English Chapel, by the Rev.
Dr. GnltNT, awl
a considerable colle6lion made for the sick p4er
Dundee. Mr. Frrzsts.tmorss gave his. profassig7,,'
aid in the celebrated Recitative and Air, form
,i
lifessiali—ecComfort ye," and '‘‘ Every '
so the beautiful brit hem,
." Lard &Member Da u
He was accompanied on the organ by Mr. lieEß'.;
late ofYork M "
ister. It was a most interesting "",
delightful performance, and was honoured by the:
thanks of the Condudters and Clergy, l'i-e'ent'ed in
the handsomest manner. • " '
Mr. PERCEVAL has taken Lord TEIGNMOUTII S
house, on Clapham Conunon.,
• le4
MILITIA.—The business of calling out the SuPP •
mentary Militia by ballot, to complete the Regular
Militia with an equal number to those who have ve*
lunteered into.the Regulars, is to be carried into int-.
mediate effe4, Yesterday Courts of Lieutenanfei
were held at Guildhall for Westminster, at Clerkert°
well for Middlesex, and at Horsemonger-lane, NO"-
iugton, for the Upper Division of Surrey. The main:
business was swearing in Constables, for the especi•A
purpose of putting the AEts in execution, and d","
livering•to them proper instrudions how to conduct
themselves. .

A person in the neighbourhood of Lewes, lA°
keeps bees; and derives • much amusement froal
his mode of managing them, on watching their,tllo-,
lions, a few weeks since, observed, that -they, madd
frequent returns to their hive very heavily laden will
►
the fruits of their industry, and, in order to facili7
tate their entrance, placed a board sloping frorn the.
ground to its aperture, bnt soon afterwards found
that his stock gradually diminished, without
.bog
able to account for the diminution, until at lengths
by keeping a centinel almost constantly near the
hive, he discovered the enemy, which proved to
-a large toad, that had marched up the acclivity, 01'd
by taking command at the month of the hive, de
vowed many of the busy swarm as they arr(niched
it. The Bee-master, of course, took his ievengd of
~0
the uglyaissailant, and has since had no- cat 3:°

complain of the reduaion of his stock.

,N "'WU INC; INAZI.GICIZA-U.Z.

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. EGHANI RACES.
,• . • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26. , ,
Thi Magna. Charta Stakes of sogs each, h. ft. for three year
_ _ old colts apd fillies. Thek New Mile.

Mr. Ladbroke's br. C. Corsican - - I
-
Mr. Fermor's b. c. Hawk - A - . 2
corsican was the favourite.-6 and 7t04 on the field-2. and
3to t agst the winner. An easy race.
A Sweepstakes of sags. each, free for all ages.' One 2-rnile

heat.
Mr. Ladbroke's br. c.. Corsican, 3 yrs old
Sir Joseph Mawbey's b. c. Candidate, 4 yrs old -
Mr. Lake's b. f. Volumnia, 3 yrs old dis.
I and 4 to a on the winner. An easy race. The Miry bolted
in going round the Course.
The Ladies' Plate of set. for three and four year olds. The
best of three two-mile heats.
Ld Egremont's brother to Cardinal Beaufort, 4 yrs old
Mr. Durand's ch.c.' Master Jacky, 3 yrs old
Not run for want of a third.

The company was as numerous as on the first day ; but the
;ports were very interior to that day. Some of the Royal
Dukes were on the Course; but the Queen mid Princesses
were not of the company, the Family having dined at Frog-
more, as is customary every Wednesdiy, when His Majesty
goes to London.

YORK AUGUST MEETING.
MONDAY, AUG. 24.
Last Year of a Subscription of zsgs each for horses, Sec.
Four miles (t t Subscribers).
D. of Hamilton's h. g. Grazier, by Sir Peter Teazle, 4yrs t
Li Darlington's TLAtaltfir, 5 yrs 0.1%.1

I.d FitzNyi liam's Delville, 4 yrs old 3
Mr. M. Hodgson's b. m. Lady Mary, aged . - 4
Mr. Oartorth's gr. c. by Hambletonian, out of Faith, 4 yrs 5
Mr. Mellish's br. h. Norval, aged - . 6
Two to.one on Trafalgar.
s.wecpstakes of toiags. each, h. ft. 2 miles.
Mr. Childervb c. by Stamford, darn by Hourdeaux
Sir M. M.,Sykes's b. 1. Harriet, by Precipitate • - -
Four and five to oneon Mr. Clulder's colt.
The Produce Stakes of legs each, h. ft. f; 4-yrold colts and
fillies. hour miles.
Mr. Peirse's b. c. Thorn, by beningbrough, out of Con-
ktantia -

7.rt Fitzwilliam's b. f. Mary, by Sir Peter-Teazle
Mr. Walker's cit. c. Baronet, by Stride -
Sir M. M. Sykes's br% I'. Miss Teazle Hornpipe • 4
I.d Foley's br. c. !'axis, by Sir Peter Teazle -
Two to one on Paris.
?he King's Plate of toogs. for 4yr olds and upwards.
Four miles..
Mr. Mellish's Lucks-All, by Stamford, yrs nit! • t
id Strathmore's b. t. by Sir Peter Teazle,'4l'rs old 2
Luck's-All bolted at the turn, and leaped the ditch, but
was charged with returning on the outside ot a post ; he -atter.
wards bolted, and Lord Strathtnore's filly fell. Luck's- All
came in first, and the race is to be determiLed by the Stewards.,
Titre to onion Lord Strathmorc's
Mr. M. Hawke's b. g. Plicebus'by Hammer, aged,
recd. ft. trop' Mr. Thompson's b. g. Scapefirt, brother to
Stretch, by Stride, 6 yrs old, zoogs. Two miles.

THE LADY-BIRD.

TO THE EDITOR.
.B:R....The immense flight of Lady-birds which
Itas recently appeared in Kent, has excited much
curiosity ; and Hearn that the same phenomenon
has caused some degree of alaim to the superstitious
of both-the great and small vulgar who frequent the
watering places on that coast, where it appears so
multitudinous have been the swarms of this insett,,
that ,the streets. have been literally covered with
them, and the gowns of Lee Ladies, after an even•
lag's walk, spotted with them from top to bottom.
Now, Sir, as I wish to relieve the minds of your
fair Readers at Rainsgaie, &c. from the dread that',
' these Lady-bird; portend a pestilence, as well as to
satisfy your more sage enquiry,' allow me to corn-
, - • municate to you a tew particulars respecting the na-
tural history of this inset ; from which it will ap-
, pear that,we ought to hail its battalions as we should
. soldiers, who are on their return from aslorious yie- •
fory—at least the Hop Planters of 'Kent ought: so
to regard them ; for though their crop will not now
e half a crop, but for these defenders it would pro-
. bably not have been a crop at all, and their pre.
tent numbers prothise them an abundant harvest
ilex( year.—You are to know, Sir, that all inseels,
as"well of the beetle as the butterfly tribe, have,
Vion*sly to their appearance in the winged state,
existed as cittepillars or grubs.. The millidns of La.
bybirds which have lately swarmed on the coasts, of
ieut have prcvioetsly been grubs, or larva, for that
is the most proper.name. These larva feed entirely
upon the tweets, which, under the name of " the
or " Plant Lice," have this year made such
havoek.amongst the hops and pease ; and when it is
Considered that each larva destroys some hundreds
01 these itiseels a day, for some months, it may be
easily calculated what an immense number must
have been destroyed by them, and consequently, that
but for their services, our crops would have sus-
. ilit" much greater damage than they already have
.done. The vast number ot these Ladybirds which
have ;this year appeared, promise that next year
their-services will be more effeetual, as each tienale
. - will deposit some hundretiF, if hot thousands of eggs,.
which, when belched into larva, in the ensuing
spring.. will probably be able completely to destroy,
tic) many of tin) plant lice, or aphides (tar this is
thci proper name), as to prevent their doing any.
serious injury, in this point of view, the swarms
of Ladybirds-ought to be regarded as harbingers of
joy by the Farmer and, Hop Planter, and by the
vi-
sitors at the watering plaFes, as proofs of the bene-
volence of the DEITY, who has by this means
provided a remedy for the destruetive voracity of the
"Aides, whOse prolific powers are so immense, that
from one female, in the course of the summer, many
hundreds of thillioils'of individuals may be produced !
In' their perfe& state, as beetles also, these Lady.
birds live upon aphides, and thus, probably, the
+myriads .which- have lately visited the coasts of Kent
may have saved the' Hop Planters' (ruin the entire
1055 theitecrop. In concluding this imperfect ace.
coma Of this interesting inseCt, let inc express my
regret, that the negleet of the study of. entomology
in this Country should have rendered ,it necessary.
If this mot interesting science, which, from-expe-
rience, I can declare to be a source of the most pure
' and inexhaustible delight, were attended to, as it
Ought to be, and as it is on the Continent, we
,shotrld not hear of peo.ple's fancying a flight of
• Ladybirds a sign of pestilence or (deuce, or enquir-
ing what can be the meaning of such a phenotneoon.
. I am, Sir, your's, &c.
ENT910401.0GV9.,

About four o'clock in the afternoon of Monday
lair, a most daring robbery was committed m the
'13614s of T. LEACH:. Esq. one of the I)ivision4ll
Magistrates, at Hampstead. The depredators broke
:into the stable, and carried off saddles, bridles, and
every other portable article of value they could find.
They were afierwaids seen on the ii.unpstead-roi:di
,urrying their bocity in a saci.,

YVJaVaICoZ4tIO.

. , .
• tcutcuLAß.),
Stx,. : - . - War Office, Aug. te, ;8 7.
!His Majesty Mirk* been graciously pleased to extend the
Pay and Allowanees, granted to Volunteer Corps of Artil.
lery and Infantry, to such Men as have been, or shall be. en.
rolled subsequently,to the z4th July, t8(?‘; and to permit
the said Corps to assemble upon Permanent l'ay and Duty,
I have the honour to transmit for your guidance the annexed
Regulations relative thereto. „• ,
I have the Honour. to be, Sir; . .
Your most obedient humble Servant,.
I. PULTENEY.
•
Regulations, extending the Pay • and Allowaneei; granted to
Volunteer Corps of Artillery and Infantry, to, bleat enrolled
`• subsequently to the z4th of July, .1834 ; and permitting the
said Corps to assemble upon Permanent Pay and buty ;
and determining the'Charge for Inspedions.
I. The same pay and - allowances as are granted to those
Members of Volunteer Corps of Artillery and Infantry en,
rolled prior to the 24th July, 1806, arc extended from the
zsth A pril, :8,7, to those men who may have been enrolled
therein subsequently to the 14th tidy, iBo6, or who may be
enrolled hereafter, not .exceeding the establishment of the
Corps. Should any, men be enrolled beyond the establish.
ment, they are, as formerly,' to be considered as.supernume-
raries.

11. Such men as.may have been enrolled between the lath
day of 'illy, 1836, and the 25th day of Aura, 1807, can only
be permitted to be charged for from the latter date.
111. Such Volunteer Corps of Artillery and Infantry as
shalt not have exdrcised more than 16 days in the present
year,,have the option of assembling upon permanent pay awl
duty, under the conditioni of the regulations which were in
force in the year 18,s
IV. No Corps is to be so assembled for less than to, or
more than 14 days ; and in no instance are the number of
days of exercise (including the days of inspection) and the
number of days on permanent duty (including the days on
the march) to amount together to more titan a 6 ; but it is
understo,•d that alt Volunteers shall muster for drill and
exercise one day. in each week that may be entitled to exemp-
tions,
V. The Non-commissioned Of Drummers, and
Private Men, will be entitled to receive One Shilling per
diem. eaJi, as marching, or bounty money; fOr the number
of days they shall he assembled on Permanent Duty; over
and above the Pay and Allowances of th?ir respeCtive ranks.
This al low.mce.will, as turtnerly, be issued, in England, by ,
the Receiver-General of the County, and, in Scotland, by the
Collator of the Cess.

VI. This permission to Volunteer Corps of Artillery and
Infantry, to assemble on permanent pay and duty, regards
only the present year : such riot; m isi therefore be pertorm-
cd previous to the rich of Deventer, 1807.
VII. Those Corps which may bedesirons of thus assem.
bling, must apply' as hrr.:toror•+, through His Majesty's
Lieutenant of tha County, to the Secretary of State tor the
Home Department. •

VIII. No extra pay is allowed for the days of inspeaion ;
they are to he considered as ordinary days or exercise, and are
to be charged rot- as such, and to totin part of the a 6 days for
which pay is allowed in the. year.