The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-11 00:00:00

FONTHILL ABBEY, OCT. 9.

During the time the Abbey was open, many
of the visitors, after satiating their eyes with Fonthill, rode over
to Wardour Castle, the seat of Lord Arundel. It is about three
miles from Fonthill, and, besides being connected with historical
associations, it is a very elegant mansion, and contains a most
valuable collection of paintings, many or them by the first
masters. A short account of this place may be interesting.
WanDoun. CASTLE.—The scat derives its name from a
very ancient Castle,. whose ruins, covered with ivy, and situated
in the bosom of venerable oaks, form a picturesque object on
the verge of the demesne. It has been in the present family
upwards of three hundred years, and was the seat of their re-
sidence until 16-13, when it was attacked by a detachment of
the Parliamentary Army. It was then in the possession
of Thomas, second Lord Arundel, who was a warm advocate
for the cause of Charles the First. Indeed this noble family
has been remarkable for its enthusiastic attachment to the Stuarts.
—At the time the Castle was attacked, Lord Arundel was with
King Charles at Oxford, but the Castle was heroically defended
by his wife, Lady Blanche. Assisted, it is said, by only 25
fighting-men, the maid-servants loading their muskets, and
doing other services, this chivalrous Lady defended the place
during a siege of nine days. From the superiority of force
which was brought against her, she at length surrendered.—
The Castle was afterwards dismantled by repeated sieges, and
so ruined that it was unfit for a residence. The present seat of
the family is within about a mile from the old Castle. It was
finished in 1776. The present Lord is Everard Arundel, who
succeeded his father in 1817. He married Mary, sister to the
Duke of Buckingham, in 1311. As yet there is no issue.—
The mansion is open almost constantly to visitors, and a
servant attends who shows them through the principal floor
in different apartments of which the pictures are contained.
A head •of St. Bernardin, by Titian, is a masterpiece of that
nuter-artist. It seems almost the head of the Saint pre-
served, so expressiVely and boldly are the features deline-
ated. A head of the Virgin, by Carlo Dolci, is also very
admirable for the pensive benignity and heavenly resigna-
tion of the countenance. Not far from these there is a por-
trait of St. Jerome, by' Rubens, which is in the finest style
of that master. There are altogether two hundred and fifty pic-
tures in the collection, chiefly of the masters above-mentioned,
Vandyck7 llolbein, Sir G. Kneller, Raphael, DOmenichino, Te-
niers,Claude Lorraine, A nnibal Caracci, and Sir Josh. Reynolds,
which are undoubted specimens of great variety and beauty...—
In the bantmeting room of the old Castle there is an interesting
series of old -prints, illustrative of the eventful period of Charles
the First. On the chimney-piece are several canon-bails that
have been found since the siege, with several other curiosities.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING-ROOM, Ocr. 10.—STATE OF THE ODDS.

NEWMARKET POST SWEEPSTAKES.
sto 2 agst Gustavus 17to 2 agst Reginald.
3 to 1 agst Augusta

7 to 2 agst Moses
4 to 1 agst Swap
4 to 1 agst Posthuma

CLARET STAKES.
7 to 1 agst Wanton
8 to 1 agst Bro. to Antonio
9 to 1 agst Acquilina c.

DERBY.
115 to 1 agst'Emily c.
OAKS.
9 to 1 agst Sister to Sultan.

14 to 1 agst Bro. to Moses

ENFIELD RACES, THURSDAY, OCT. 10.
The Freeholders' Purse of Fifty Pounds, for all ages. Ileats,

Three- miles.
Mr. Jones's ch. m. Prosody, 4 yrs old, fist. 121 b.
Mr. Barnard's b. f. by hluley, 3 yrs old, 7st.
Mr. Turner's Coral, 6 yrs old, ilst. 121 b.
Mr. Dyson's Volunteer
Mr. Clapham's br. g. Philip, 6 yrs old, fist. -
Three others started, but bad no places.
Both heats were well contested. It was an excellent race be-
tween Prosody and the Aluley filly.—Pearce, the renowned
trainer of Smith= bottoms, bought Prosody.
The other intended races did not fill. The rain had made
such infractions, that the access to the course was difficult.

1 1
2 2
3 dr
4 dr
5 3

STOCKBRIDGE RACES, TUESDAY, OCT. 8.
The Maiden Plate of 501. for all ages.
Mr. J. Walker's Langtonian, by Langton -
Mr. Magga's Coper - - -
Mr. Pearce's Liberty - - -
Mr. Dilly s Champignon - - -
Sir. Willis's be. c. by Haphazard - -
Won with ease.
The Coronation Stakes of 25gs each, for three-yr-olds.
Mr. Russell's b. c. Flibbertigibbet, by Ashton
Ld Palmerston's c. by Phantom - - -
Mr. George's f. Hecuba, by Bobtail - - -
Mr. Fleming's b. c. out of Augusta - - -
Won with great ease.
WEDNESDAY.
A Sweepstakes of 25gs each, for 2 yrs old.
Mr. Fleming's bl. c. by Smolensko - - -
Mr. Isherwood's br. c. by Blucher -
Mr. Wyndham's g. c. by Granicus - - -
Won easy.
Sweepstakes of sgs each, with 25 added, for all ages. (5 Sub.)
Mr. Fleming's Blandford, by Beverley - - 2 1 1
Mr. Pearce's ch. g. Liberty - - - 1 2 2
A capital race.
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4 1 1
3 3 2
45 2 dr
1 dr
2 dr

SHOOTING MATCH.
The Sweepstakes Shooting Match between Messrs. Massing-
ham, Willougby, and Devan, on Wednesday, was won by
Mr. Massingham, killing seven brace of pheasants, eight of
partridges, and four hares. It took place at Wrentham, in
Surrey. It was for 60gs each. Mr. Willoughby bagged thirty
head of game, and Mr. Divan twenty-seven.

HUNTING.
The first meeting this season of the Dover Hounds is ap-
pointed for Monday next, Oct. 14th, on Sutton Downs, at nine
o'clock.
Mr. Farquharson's exetllent pack of Fox-hounds are ken-
nelled for the season, and the first sports commenced on Mon-
day, at Callistock, near Weymouth, by the hounds throwing off
at Ashley Wood ; they met again yesterday at Lerewood.

POETRY.

SONNET
To the Memory of the late Mrs. Twlss.

BY JOHN TAYLOR, ESQ.

Lamented FRANCES, of the KEMBLE race,
A gifted race, in worth and genius high,
With whom thy merits modestly might vie,
In ev'ry mental, ev'ry moral, grace ;
Full well thy early charMs can mem'ry trace,
Yet vivid seen by sorrowing Friendship's eye,
Charms that could waken an admiring sigh,
For Al IND still beam'd in thy expressive face.
And sure a prosp'rous fate attended thee,
(Too rare a blessing on connubial ties!)
Thy num'rous offspring with delight to see,
Led by thy hand, to knowledge, Virtue, rise.
Such thy reward on Earth, by lleav'n's decree,
Presaging that ordain'd thee in the skies.

THE THEATRES.

COVENT-GARDEN.—MiSS LACY, from the Dub-
lin Stage, made her first appearance last night at
this Theatre in the character of Belvidera, and
we feel no hesitation in saying that in intellectual
power she was the best representative of the part
since the time of Mrs. SIDDONS. She not only
thoroughly entered into the part in general, but
gave some incidental touches of judgment and
feeling that evinced a real genius for the stage.
Her stature is above the middle size ; her face is
expressive, but not of the heroic cast; her voice
in the upper and middle tones is pleasing, but
somewhat harsh in a lower key ; these however
may be easily avoided by practice. Her deport-
ment is easy and obviously directed by feeling.
We have never seen a more promising first ap-
pearance. We shall not enter into an elaborate
examination of her performance; it is sufficient
to say that she displayed a critical perception of
the part, and lost no point that might illustrate
the character and awaken sympathy. The oc-
casional smiles of this lady seemed to shew that
she is capable of comic expression, and if this
should be•the case she will be a valuable acqui-
sition to the London Stage. Miss LACY, we
understand, is the grand-daughter of Mr.
LACY, formerly joint-patentee with the im-
mortal GAR RICK in Drury Lane Theatre.
We have seen Mr. LACY perform Hamlet with
so much judgment and feeling that we may
fairly infer he has had some hand in directing the
talents of his grand-daughter; but the chief of
her merits are obviously to be ascribed to her own
good sense and natural genius. Miss LACY had
every reason to be satisfied with the reception
which she experienced from the audience.—Mr.
C. KEMBLE gave a new proof of the effect of an
independent choice of parts, for his Allier,
though always respectable, was a more impressive
exhibition of the part than we have ever wit-
nessed in his efforts before, and it was indeed
a masterly performance. Mr. ABBOTT judiciously
kept in view the animated Pierre of the elder
KEMBLE, which in our opinion was one of the
very best performances of that great actor. Mr.
ABBOTT was spirited and effective throughout.
We should not pass over the Priuli of EGERToN
and the Renault of CHAPMAN, both of which
were highly creditable to their talents.—We are
sorry to find that it is now the practice to let the
half-price visitors be admitted before the end of
the third act, according the to former usage. This
is a very offensive novelty, and we hope that
the old practice will be restored, for now the
half-price gentry come clattering into the pit,
galleries, and even boxes, and, with the open-
ing of doors, and the falling of benches, interrupt
and destroy the most affecting scenes. We
therefore enter our resolute protest against this
modern and disgusting practice, and trust that it
will be laid aside at both Theatres.

The following Performers are, it is said, en-
gaged by Mr. ELLIsTox for the ensuing season
at Drury-Lane Theatre :
Mr. Kean, Mr. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Glover,
Mr. Young, Mr. Braham, Miss Copeland,
Mr. Terry, Mr. Horn, Miss Povey,
Mr. Dowton, Mr. Barnard, Miss Cubitt,
Mr. Munden, Miss Stephens, Miss Edmiston,
Mr. Cooper, Mad. Vestris, Mrs. W. West,
Mr. Harley, Mrs. Davison, &c. &c.
Mr. Knight,

BUENOS Arars.—The last Anniversary of our
National Independence was celebrated at Bueno s
Ayres, by a numerous party of our fellow-citizens
residing at that place. The flag of the United
States was hoisted o❑ board all our vessels, and
that of Buenos Ayres was joined to it in de-
corating the American Hotel, and the house
of our agent Mr. FORBES. An excellent dinner
was served up, of whic,h the lion. M. ItrvinAviA,
Minister of State at Buenos Ayres, and Dr.
MANUEL MOItENS partook along with our citizens.
Mr. FORBES presided, supported by Mr. COOPER
as Vice President. Over the President was
exhibited the Delaration of lndepeudence,
with the fac similie signature. ,At the
other end of the table was seen a transpa-
rency representing the Arms of the United
States and of Buenos Ayres in two shields
blended. An excellent band of music enlivened
the scene, and after dinner a number of patriotic
toasts were drank, followed by appropriate music
and songs.

On Friday se'npiglit a deputation of the
journeymen weavers of Norwich assembled at
the house of JOHN llAavEy, Esq. at Thorpe, for
the purpose of presenting to that Gentleman a
piece lof plate, which had been purchased by
him by a subscription raised entirely amongst
the weavers themselves. A very beautiful silver
vase, gilt inside, and which holds seven pints,
the handles representing vine branches springing
from a rich border of vine leaves and bunches of
grapes, entwined round two chased medallions,
one containing the weaver's arms, the other the
following inscription :
" Presented, M.DCCC.XXII. to John Harvey, Esq. by the
Journeymen Weavers of Norwich, in testimony df the high
esteem with which they regard him as a liberal patron and
spirited promoter of the manufactures of his native city, and as
a small tribute of gratitude for the many acts of kindness he
has manifested toward them on various occasions."

PIRACY AND PRIVATEERING.

BRISTOL, OCT. 9.

The Edward Protheroe, Atkinson, from Jamaica to Bristol,
was spoken with clear of the Gulf, by the Cecrops, arrived in
the Downs. She had been run on shore and plundered, on the
lUth of August, under the Saddle Hill near the Havannah, by
a small privateer, from which she she finally escaped, by an-
other vessel heaving in sight, which the privateer gave chase to.