The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-28 00:00:00

IVe do not think that the pettifogging, niggling
spirit, now so 'predominant, had any existence in
British boson's sixty-five years ago—but we go
oix.iniproving:

The tire-works, of which we have given a de-
scription, ‘iere eichibited on .the 27th of April ;
and eve learn, that the wicked workmen of those
days were employetl-• during.. Sunday the 91h,
and the two following Sundays, as if to 'form
a perfect model for oar tunes. By arr ac-
cident, which oceurrol between' nine and ten
o'clock, the right side of the Machine took
fire, and was burnt down ; the rest of the edifice
was, however, saved. • The following are the
only .a&idents recorded ruing lady hurt 'by
one of the large rockets ; a painter fell from the
fire-works and was killed ; a shoemaker (drunk)
stooped to lake some water from the pond to the
spirits lie had previously swallowed, tuinblect
and was drowned ; and a carpenter, two days
after, in taking down the scaffold, lost his life by
a fall. For all similar catastiophes the Secretary
State for the Home Department is seriously
admonisheti by the opponents of public rejoilcing
that he is fearfully respont4ible. We, theiefore-,
'trust, he will look to it, and st.c that In ladies are,
hurt by sparks, and that no cobbli•rs get drunk,
so as to lose their equipoise, and be compelled to
swallow iucongeninl water.

NAVAL. Nl'.',WS.

PLYMOUTH. JULY 26.—Cante in the San Josef

milli of war from Port Alabow. , Capt. STE W A RT.
of -the
,said ship,, died on board the day before
yesterday. Arrived the Midgrave man of war,
and Gnadaloore sloop of war, from Lisbon ;
Wansbecli transport from Bayonne, with p:irt of
ttie 3d Regiment of Puardeand:a' detacinnemt of
the German Legion ; Hydra transport from
BOordeanx%

OVAL, JULY 27.—Came down from the River
the Haleil sloop of war, with American prisoners
for ,l'ortsmontli. Ar'riee the rimkr gun-brig
hom Portsmouth. awl sailed for Calais. Sailed
the 'Wrangler gtin-;,brig for,
,Sheerness, and ihe
Cordeiia' sloop of war to the Westward. Caine
down front 'the River the Sanderson, Good In-
tent. [lope, and Ann transports, and are sailed
for Pas'Aages,—Wind N.E.

• CORK. JULY 22.--NORTH AmERtCAN CONVOY.
Yesterday afterrtoOn his Majesty's ship Achar ar-
rived froth Portsmouth, with 'about 11, sail_ of
merchantmen. The Beet will proceed to sea the
first yh h of wind. His Majesty's ships Plover,
Escort, Pioneer, and Sharpshooter, alsO acconh
pariy the fleet. 'Ole Ml' and 74th RegiMeois
have come from the-Gironde, in, the Clarence, 74.
The '3lst, commanded" by Lientenant-Colonei
LEITH, and 66t0, ny Lieutenant-Colonel Dop-
GER, have also arrived. ilk Majesty's
,shi;) Rolla
arrived yesterday with' a Beet of traasports, hav-
ing on hoard the 45th and 83d, A company of the
74th, and convalescents..

Troops left behind when the Clarence •sailed
The Guards; and tWo German Brigades.. 2d diVi-
sion-34th, 50th, 71st, .and 92d. sth division-
47th, 59th, and one battalit.)n of the 95th. It is
thought every•thing, will be away in the course of
this month. His Majesty's ships Avon and Lyra
sailed this morning.

Orders have. been given for a part of the Guards
to hold themselves in readiness to leave this coun-
try, to embark for Brabant.
The Duke of WELLINGTON Will honour the
Loan MAYOR With hiS company on Tuesday next,
_on an aquatic excursion to Richmond. The City
State Barge, together with the barges of the
' Goldsmiths' and Stationers' Companie,s, are.in pre-
paration for the occasion. The party will take
water at kVestrninster about- eleven &chick.
On Sunday, av Hatfield-house, the Marquis of
SALISBUZZY gave his allillialsplemthl entertainment
to the Judges on tae Home Circuit, which was
honoured with the presenc% of the' Duke of WEL-
LINGTON. On his tirace's arrival in the Park, he
was saluted by a discharge of forty-five rounds of
artillery, the number of his years. The two Cor-
porations of Hertford and St. Alban's addressed
the Duke, and presented him with 'their respec-
tive freedoms ; after which, he went to the cen-
Ere window in King Jahies's Room," and showed
himself to the vast assemblage which the occasion
had collected. After dinner, he condescendingly
walked on the lawn, and shook hands- with the
people. About 120 guests sat down to a sump-
woos dinner.

•BY the .Calcutta Papers for December ISI3, we
have a long Address from, the Masonic Lodges
to Earl Motaa, and his Answer. But what is
,rather novel, on the part of Masons it,; a body, is.
an Address to the Countess of LOUDON Rod MOIRA,
" claiming her bereditar: inflnence, over the fra-
ternity ; and the followipr words are 'remark-
able :--•" Clothed in this ancient and honourable
garb of Freeinasonrv, the emblem of innocence
Arid purity,' we congd6ntly venture to approach
your LadvFhip, with an anxious solicitation, that
you will allow 'us to cotisidei• you as the PatroneL
of. an Order pure its your• own breast, and tlitirst
principles of which are strictly congenial with the
softest springs of your heart."

Ancestors. PerhapS, a further .003.301aC0n
rom knoW,coA,-; ,n nor only the
1 ve y Fiench,;but even the phlegmati;ck Dutch cif
the present daV, and of sixty years ago, are, and
.
were, itll as tri:!i'd as otirselVes. Alter the Peace of
Aik-la-Chapelie, there were great itaes real rejoic-
ings
at Paris, at 'the 11 tgue, and in London. We
I.;
have copied an account of the latter into our eo-
lumnsto.-d4, from a periodical publication of 1719;
and it is curious to observe bow much reason we •
have to exclaim with SOLOMON, "there is nothing
new under the Stm !" We do not discover, though
good deal of Party rancour existed at that
period, that the discontented twit tactiols.poured.
forth grave philtipicks and bitter reproaches
against
.these "fopperies," which took six mouths
its preparation, were (accord tog to the compara-
tive value of 7noney) intinitdy more expensive
than the present ; and were not founded upon an
event so glorious and an,picious to the Country in
a thousandth degree as that which we are ,about
to celebrate.