The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-17 00:00:00

t'OnTRY.

TWROMPTIT.
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On tilt intended Marriage of the Duke of CumßEßtAms-.
Poor CUMBERLAND, a prey to consOonS qualms,
Love's heclter sech,,, and, pious, joins in (li)Salms:

, LINES ADDRESSED TO MRS. HENRY JOHN—N,,
On her DiAttppointment in not ArcenWing with Mr. SApLtit

ix /iii Balloon, un the Day of the labt!ce

Dear JottN—N !---it was really' wise
You did noi 'tempt to Mount the skies,
Yoied ample cause for fearing;
For had an accidentoccrired,•
YOur pray'rs above might not be heard.
Tho' you to hea•v'n were veering

If so, then,—he content below,— -
Check lifty,pas,vion.s' as they grow--
'Be prudent, wise, and steady ;
And not, fur foolish empty fame,
Attempt the skies to raise your nail:e—
nures up enough already !!
Q IN THE CORNER

TASTY INIPIiOVEM ENT ON EPITAPHS.*A tomb-
stoue; the following decorations and inscrip-
tion; was set up last month in the church-yard of
Bisbrook, Rutland :

On the top, a gaudy representation of 'a waggon and four
horses,. with the driver; a Figure of the ehnrch; a gate ; a
green hedge; and different implements of husbandry on each
side; and'the subjoined inscription.:—
" Ssaered to the Memory of Nathaniel Clark, who died Jan'

27th, 1813, aged 74.
"Here lies the IH)dy of Nathaniel Clark,
Who never-did in> harm in the light nor in the dark;
But by his blessed horses taking great delight,
And ofto2n traverd with then) by day and by night.

" CLARK, KETTON,"

ANTIQUITIES AND CURIOSITIES.

Upon opening a lach, or what is generally
called a cairn, in-the townland of Knocknanin, iu
the county of -Monaghan, it was found to con-
tain three oblong. graves; formed by vertical
stones, and each covered at the top ; they mea-
sured about four feet and a quarter in length, and
two in breadth ; in these were deposited bones.
It is surprising, that upon drawing a tooth from,
an under-jaw, which seemed fresh, it Was fonnd
red at the extremity of the insertion. Near the
end .of each of these oblong sepulchres stood an
earthen bowl, Hot unlike those drinking. cups
lvhich are made of the shell Of the cocoa nut.
These are carved or impressed with considerable
taste. Each contained about two table-spoonfuls
of fine dust, resembling turfAmould. One of these
urns (if they may be called so) fell in pieces upon
being touched; two are preserved.
Near Dungannon, were lately found a pair of
palm deer horns, measuring 15 feet 7 inches from
tip to tip. Several of the lumbar verterhr[e, the
cis-coecygis, and some of the ribs, were like%vise
found.. The jaw-houes are wonderful for their
sOcifit gravity, being not much lighter than an.
equal size- of iron. . A pair of a much smaller size
iyere, ant long ",i-nce,•raisel from a marl-pit in the
lands of William FiVev, of Union Lodge-.
Near- Caledon, a bird of the grey-linnet species
was lately shot ;
.it is of a beautiful snow-white
colour. The urns,. two pair of horns, and the
white-linnet, are in. possession of Mr. JOHN BELE:,.
landscape painter.

WINDSOR, AUG. 16. Yesterday afternoon
Princess 14:LIZABETH had. a party at her Cottage,
called Clay Hall, where they spent. the evening.
, •
There were »resent—
The Queen, f)riiiesses .luvista. Mary, and Sophia of Glou-
cester; Counte:ses Macclesfield and Harcourt, Lord St. He-
len's; Mr. arid M rs. Stanhope, Earl NinceleslieW, Lord Arden,
Generals Cartwright, Taylor, Campbell, and Colonel Ste-
venson.

This being the Duke of YORK'S birth-day, the
moniing was ushered in with the ringing of bells
and other demonstrations 'of rejoicings. It will
he'eelebrated .by the QUEEN 'at Frogmore, in the
same style as the PritNcE REGENT'S birth-day was.
Their Royal Ilighne3ses the Duke and Duchess of
YORK have arrived. to pay dolr respects to the
QUEEN upon the occasion ; the.former from Lon-
don and the latter from Oatlands. The Duke of
Connt MONSTER, General MANNERS,
&c. have arrived.

THE DUKE DE 13P. A R r.—The Moni-
tor states the following Anecdote of a French
Officer 'toward, his Royal Highness the, Duke tie
BERRI, at Calais, on his Roy 41 iliglineses way to
this -country. When the Duke was at the Thea-
tre,-A Colonel -who was present had the insolence
to call ont---" \\rive l'Empereur !"7--No notice
was taken ,of it that evenin4 ; but on the foll Ow.
I,norning, all the Officers of the garrison were
ordered to appear hefoie the Duke, who told the
Colonel, in the presence or the aany, that as he
hitd taken the oath of allegiance to the king, his
conduct was that of a traitor,, and that he might
punish him :13 such however, he tvoald content
himself with degrading him publicly; upon-which
his Royal Highness tore the Cross of ST. Louts
from his breast, and the epaulettes fi•otn"his
shoulders.

SHOOTING ilinTetr.-.--A twitch took place at
Three mile-house, on Monday the Sr h inst. between
eight -illarkmen from Paisley, and an equal 'num-
ber of the Glasgow Caledonian
.!Marksmen.—The
parties met upon the appointed ground at twelve
o'clock neon, where, in regular 'rotation, they fired
IS rounds of ball, each at a target 3 feet in dia-
meter, placed at tine distance of 150 yards, and,
as it had been previously stipulated, that the nearest
half of the whole• shots on each side was to de-
termine the match, that of the Paisley marksmen
amounted to 2911, inches,: and that of the Cale-
donian marksmen to 2851 inches ; sw that the Ca-
ledonians gained by 6. inches. The average
of the former party being; 4 inches, and that of the
latter 3kinches from the centre of tine ball's eye.
The pin placed iu the centre of the bull's cue, from
which the shots are measured, was twice shot out
by the Caledonian marksmen at this match. Af-
ter the shooting. was over, the tvo parties dined
together al Three-twile-bontse, and spent thy even-
ing-hi the greatest, coaviviality.