The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-27 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
The Earl of Mexborough, in Dover-street ; Lord Melbourne,
from Brighton ; Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, in Sack-
ville-street, from Paris ; Sir Thomas and Lady Webb, at
Greillon's Hotel; Charles Steuart, Esq. at Blake's Hotel, Jer-
myn-street ; Baron and Baroness Browne Mill, and family, at
Gray's Hotel, from the Continent; Monsieur anti Madame
Talaniers, at Blake's Hotel, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Mare-
seaux, at Chao, from Seven Oaks.
DEPARTURES.--The Earl and Countess Morley, for De-
vonshire ; General Long, for Claremont ; Viscount and Vis-
countessCranbourn, for Hatfield ; Lord John Thynne, and
C. E. Long, Esq. from Greillon's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for
Cambridge; Lord Exmouth, for Devonshire ; Sir John Wrot-
tesley, Bart. from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn -street, on a
tour • the Hon. 11. G. Bennett, M.P. from ditto, for Staf-
fordshire.
Great preparations have been made at Croome, the noble
seat of the Earl and Countess of Coventry, for the reception of
his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, who is expected,
with a party, this day.
The first Blackheath Assembly for the season was held on
Monday last, at the Green Man. The tort ensemble consisted
chiefly of the Fashionables with which that neighbourhood
abounds ;• never was more elegance and grace displayed, nor
the spirit of dancing kept up with greater Mat. Most of the
Officers of the Royal Artillery and 72d Regiment were present.

P 0 E T It Y.

• TIIE SOLDIER'S FUNERAL. ,
And the .muflkd drum rolled on the air,
IVarriors with sately step were there ;
On every arm was the black crape bound,
Every carbine was turned to the ground;
Solemn the sound of their measured tread,
As silent and slow they followed the dead.
The riderless horse was led in the rear,
There were white plumes waving over the bier:
Helmet and plumes were laid on the pall,
For it was a Soldier's funeral.—
That Soldier had stood on the battle-plain,
Where every step was over the slain ;
But the brand and the ball had passed him by,
And lie came to his native land to die.
'Twas hard to come to that native land,
And not clasp one familiar hand !
'Twas hard to be numbered amid the dead,
Or ere he could hear his welcome said !
But •'twas something to see its cliff's once more,
And to lay his bones on his own lov'd shore ;
To think that the friends of his youth might weep
O'er the green grass turf of the soldier's sleep !
The bugles ceased their wailing sound
As the coffin was lowered into the ground;
A volley was fired, a blessing said,
One moment's pause—and they left the dead !
I saw a poor and an aged man,
His step was feehle, his lip was wan :
He knelt him down on the new raised mound,
His face was bowed on the cold damp ground,
He raised his head, his tears were done,—
The Father had prayed o'er his only Son !

MISS BRUNTON'S Benefit at the Royal West
London Theatre, on Monday last, was a bumper,
a due tribute to her merit, which is of a very su-
perior kind.—The Play was The School fot
Scandal. Her Lady Teazle was admirable ; and
BauwroN's Charles was a very spirited perform-
ance. Both would have been highly creditable to
any Theatre. Miss BatiNTox afterwards dis-
played the strength and versatility of her talents
in the dramatic sketch, entitled The Actress of
All-Work, and supported six different characters
with so much truth, spirit, and humour, that
we may fairly say she has no rival at present
on the London Stage, where she ought to possess
a conspicuous and permanent station.
Mrs. BuNN performed the character of Queen
Elizabeth, at the Hull Theatre, on Friday last,
with great eclat, to a fashionable and crowded
audience, being the 85th time she has played that
part in the different leading Provincial Theatres.
APOPLEXY AND TIGHT CRAVATS.—The fre-
quency of apoplectic attacks of late years has
caused the subject to be much discussed, and it
is pretty well considered amongst the faculty,
that the modern style of dressing the neck
is the principal cause. In the East, where
that article of dress, the cravat, is never used,
or the neck even so much as covered, apo-

plexy is unknown, or at any rate very rare.
We have been constantly ridiculed for wearing
those pernicious ligaments, yet still they are per-
sisted in, and fashion appears to draw them
tighter than ever.
AN EXCELLENT LANDLORD.—During the past
week, CHARLES PUT LAND, Esq., of Fitzwilliam-square,
Dublin, paid a visit to his estate, adjoining the town of Tul-
low in the county Carlow, and called a general meeting
of all his tenantry. As each man appeared in his pre-
sence, covered with confusion, and said, " Please your Ho-
nour, out of the great arrears which I am indebted to your
Honour, I am really ashamed .to present your Honour, the
,anall sum I now hold in my hand ; but if your Honour would
condescend to accept of it, when God sends me the remainder,
I will pay you honestly ;--his uniform reply was—" Offer
me only what you can afford, and be that ever so trifling,
I shall accept of it cheerfully, and when God shall have
sent you the remainder, put it into your pocket, or mini-
ster therewith to the comftirts of your family—you and I shall
be clear to this day." To descend to particulars: out of an
arrear of sixty pounds he accepted of five pounds ; out of
seventy pounds he received seven ; and out of eighty pounds,
only one single pound : and in two or three cases returned some
of what had been handed to him, considering, from the ap-
pearance of the creatures, that they had given beyond their
circumstances. He then gave them all receipts in full to
the 29th of September last,—made them a further reduction
in their rents of full 50 per cent. and assured them that he
would never disturb an old industrious tenant. In some in-
stances he even exceeded that reduction; but fell short of it in
not one. What a noble example !
GUY FAWKES.—In no place was the celebra-
tion of Guy Fawkes kept up with more spirit on
the sth of November than at Cuxhaven, in Ger-
many, the crews of three of our packets lying
there, requested permission of the Governor to keep
up the old custom according to English fashion,
which he readily granted, and requested to
see their form of procession. One of the
sailors, personated the Old Conspirator, dressed
up in all the grotesque forms they could devise,
and borne upon the shoulders of his companions,
first paid their respects at the Government House,
where a good collation and plenty to drink was
provided for them, and the affair being explained
to the people of the town, they entered most
fully into the spirit of it, and money and grog
were distributed in profusion. The men col-
lected upwards of 51., which they shared among
themselves.
The corpses of two men and one boy, were on
Saturday and Sunday week picked up near
'lithe, and an Inquest held on them before JAMES
SHIPDEM, Esq. Deputy Mayor. They are sup.-
posed to have been the crew of the smack Provi-
denee, of Deptford, lost off Dymchurch on the
previous Friday.

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