The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-20 00:00:00

I'ASIIIONABLE ARRIVALS.

The Hon. Col. H. Lygon, M.P. at the Countoss of Beau-
champ's house. St. James's-square, from a tour ; Mr. T. L.
"
Parker,
at his house in Portugal-street, Grosvenor-square ;
Earl of Lismore, at Batt's Hotel, from Trowbridge; lion. Mr.
Stafford °Trion and Master O'Brien, at ditto; Hon. Mr.
and :Sirs. F. Noel, at ditto, from Tunbridge Wells ; Dovrag-r
Lady Suffield, at Thomas's Hotel, BerlrAey-square, from Boyle
Farm, Surrey ; Major Goold, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond.
street, from the Duke of Manchester's scat, Kimbolton Castle,
Iluntingdonshire.

CHANGE i.—Viscount and Viscountess Cranhourn, on a visit
r to Earl Whitworth and the Duchess of Dorset, at their seat,
Buckhurst, Sussx ; Lord 31e:bourn, for Pansenger, Ilerts, on
yisit to Earl and Countess Cowper; Lord and Lady Clive, at
fowls Castle, front a tour ; the Ladies Ashburnham, for their
seat in Surrey ; Sir William and Lady Jane Houston, at their
seat, Avisford, Sussex, from the Continent ; Sir C. Bampfylde,
for Hardington Park, Somersetshire; Pascoe Grenfell, Esq.
M.P. and the Misses Grenfell, from their seat, Taplow,
for Cornwall ; George Byng, Esq. M.P. at his seat, Wrotham
Park, from a tour ; Lady Louisa Stuart, from Gloucester-place,
on a tour.

Monday, at DraMow, Derby.hire, of a still.
born child, Lady SoPitiA GrtEst.F.Y, one of the accomplished
daughters of the Earl of COV EN TRY, and consort of Sir Itootnt
GaEst.Lr, Bart.—We are happy to learn that this amiable
Lady is doing well.

The nuptials between Philip Pusey, Esq., and Lady Emily
Herbert, second daughter of the Earl of Carnarvon, are ex-
pected to be solemnized next week, at his Lordqaip's seat in
Berks.

NEW CAnnt.soEs.—Mr. Montagu, of Montagu House,
Portman square, has just launched a singularly elegant and
neat coach. The body is painted a dark green, and simply de_
corated with the family arms nn a wreath, with silver raised
crest, at the roof. The carriage is painted of the same colour,
with compass springs. The lining a drab.—There are several
new carriages now finished for the Right Hon. George Canning,
which were built for the pageantry of the Oriental Court.—.t
very elegant barouche has been finished for the Duke of Man.
cheater, which his Grace takes with him to Jamaica.

Mr. llouvr us, who was many years the
eader of the Band at Covent. Garden Theatre,
and since at the English Opera House, where he
now acts in the same capacity, retires wholly
from the musical profession at the close of the
present season. This gentleman and his wife,
who was so long an ornament of the stage as an
excellent actress as well as a first rate singer,
have always held a high arid merited reputation
in private life. f t must, therefore, he regretted
when persons of sire!) talents and character leave
the public service. But " wisdom's triumph is
well-tim'd retreat."
CAM RR I rfli E,S;EPT. 9.—('rit THEATRE.)—OIIr
theatrical season commenced on Monday last. The changes in
the company since the preceding year have been unusually
great, no less than twelve new candidates for public fa-
vour having made their appearance on the first and second
nights. --- Many of these are performers of considerable
merit, and their exertions have been rewarded with strong
marks of approbation from respectable audiences. We have
not room to enter into a comparison of their respective ta-
lents with those of their predecessors, several of whom had
long occupied distinguished places on these boards. In
two or three instances, it must be allowed, the change
is not for the better ; the superior excellence, however,
of some of the new performers is so decided, that upon
the whole we consider the company to be more attractive
than it has been for a number of years. The first appearance
of Miss WENSLEY, before a Cambridge audience, on Tues-
day evening, in the character of Rosa/led, in As You Like It,
was in the highest degree successful ; indeed, the delightful
and interesting manner in which this lady sustained tire cha-
racter could not, we imagine, have been excelled by any
actress at either of the metropolitan theatres. The revival
of the practice of a dance and a song between the play
and farce, seems to give general pl..'asure. 3liss SPINA LI,
as a scientific and elegant dancer, elicits no small share of ap-
plause ; and in Mr. .1. SLO MAN we have a comic singer, un-
rivalled on these boards, and scarcely to be surpassed on any
stage. Not only do the cods demand repeated encores, hut pit
and boxes join heartily in the call, and the whole house is kep
in a roar of laughter by his irresistible and exquisite humour.
The English actors continue their representa•
tions at tire Theatre De la rue Chantereine.--
Thoqgh the spectators hitherto have not been

numerous, the audience has at least been select,
and composed of persons capable of judging of
the merits of an English Theatre, and of appre-
ciating the superiority of our own. Tragedies
and Comedies are alternately performed. Some
of the actors are really distinguished for talent.
—( Paris Paper.)
llENErtct.tr, AND EXTENSIVE LEGICY.—JOIIN
3PLACIII.AN, Esq. formerly teacher of the Mathematics in
Glasgow, who died in spring last, in Calcutta, has bequeathed
a handsome Legacy, supposed to be about Twenty Thousand
Pounds, the residue of his fortune, for the establishment of
Free Schools in this City, for the Education of Male and Fe-
male Children of poor Highlanders residing in and about the
city, and supplying hooks and stationery to those who are not
able to purchase them. We have seen an extract from Mr.
M‘Lachlan's Will. The trust is confided to the Lord Provost
and Magistrates of the City of Glasgow, the Ministers and
other Members of the General Church Session, and the Mini-
sters arid Managers of the Gaelic Church or Churches of the
said City, for the time being, and to their successors in office
for ever. The Boys, besides a grammatical knowledge of the
English Language, are to be taught Writing, Arithmetic, and
Book-keeping—the Girls, besides a proper knowledge of the
English Language, Writing, and the first five common Rules
of Arithmetic, are to be instructed in Needle-work, and ',itch
other useful employments as may enable them to gain an
honest living after leaving school. This interesting circum-
stance was communicated to Rowand Ronald, Esq. of this
City, lately of Calcutta, in a letter dated Calcutta, March 16,
1822.—( (;/asgoa, Courier, Sept. 17.)

PRICE OF PORTER.—We copy the following
paragraph, in the hope that the London brewers will be induc-
ed to imitate their Dublin brethren :—" Tlie porter brewers of
Dublin have at length yielded to the general demand for a re-
duction in the price of that article. At a meeting on Saturday
they fixed it at I/. 17s. 6d. per hhd. to the retailers, which will
enable them to sell it a 3d. at quart, with the same profit as
hitherto. It was sold, however, yesterday in one instance in
the neighbourhood of Ship-street, at 23d."—(Freeman's Jour-
nal, Sept. 17.)

A Mr. TAnmA.N, late of the Navy, has invented
a rope, math from raw hides, and found infinitely

stronger and more durable than those manufac-
tured from hemp. A Patent is about to be
granted, it having met the approbation of many
nautical gentlemen and rope-makers, when
shewn the other day at Lloyd's.
One of the Bristol stage coaches was over-
turned on Wednesday last, between that city
and Bath, by which accident a passenger of the
name of Hambleton was unfortunately killed
upon the spot.

P 0 E Tit Y.

STRIKIN(i OF TII2, CLOCK.
.►-hat sound is that ?---fiark !—ev'ry noise alarms
In such a situation.—(Spectrcd forms
There here are none-0 why then should I fear ?)
Solemn and slow it breaks the yielding air.
Ah ! 'tis the striking of the village clock—
I now recover from the transient shock,
And think it says, Amen ! and sets a acid
To each imposing hint these vaults reveal.
It is " the knell of my departed hours,"
Watch-word to vigilance and active poly'rs ;
In reason's ear it cries " Redeem the time !"
('atch the high prosp'rous gales whilst in their prime ;
Let no rich opportunity be lost,
That breathes propitious for the heav'nly coast.
The span of life still shortens—(trifling thing)
Minutes more fleeting, ever on the wing,
Are hast'ning to be gone ;—.a borderer thou
Upon eternity—advanciry, to
That final—dreadful—glorious estate,
These gloomy regions woo to contemplate !
Oft have I walk'd th' impending cliff beneath,
And oft the lonely desart's trackless heath ;
The deep recesses of the cavern por'd,
And all its rough-hewn mystery explor'd ;
Neer felt such cold impressions on my heart
As these dread, black-'hrow•'d, arches now impart.
Oh let me now emerge, and make my way
From these damp regions, and revisit day ;
Farewell ye seats of insulated death.
AMONGST TILE LIVING NOW I DRAW MI" unm:AT:l,

FEMALE COURTSHIP.
Two or three looks when your swain wants a kiss.
Two or three noes when he bids you say yes ;
Two or three smiles when you utter the no,
Two or three frowns if he offers to go;
Two or three laughs when astray for small chat,
Two or three tears, tho' you can't tell for what ;
Two or three letters when your vows are begun,
Two or three quarrels before you have done;
Two or three dances to make you jocose ;
Two or three hours in a corner sit close ;
Two or three starts when he bids you elope,
Two or three glances to intimate hope
Two or three pauses before you are won,
Two or three swoonings to let him press on.
Two or three sighs when you've wasted :7mir tears,
Two or three bums when the chaplain appears;
Two or three squeezes when the hand's given away,
Two or three coughs when you come to "obey:"
Two or three lasses may have by these rhymes,
Tw•o or three little ones—two or three times.