The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-29 00:00:00

Ma. RAE WILSON.

FOR THE SUN.
Ma. EntTost—As a learned man, who signs
himself Hic—or Hoc—for, like him,' I have not
the matter before tne,"—has taken upon himself
spontaneously to write a dozen of lines, after ten
days' study, en the subject of the Bad Grammar
• and Dancing Mountains in Judea, to which, I
suppose, he played the fiddle ; and to show his
learning has quoted Iludibras and a line from a
Classic : [ shall merely confine myself to declare
that I shall not he satisfied with any evasions or
equivocations, but a direct explanation of the
passage, which you, Mr. Editor, puffed off as a
Composition on Lent, by Mr. RAE WILSON.—
When you clear up the Chaotic passage, my in-
quiries cease! I have no other object in view
but information, which you, as a public Jour-
nalist, are bound ex debit() justicice, to give the
public on abstruse and unintelligible subjects.—
You see I could have translated the word Amicus
myself, had Mr. " Hic" waited or asked me to,
do so. Having met him with Latin, I would
give him a bit of Greek, but that might be worse
than Arabic in the Holy Land, so I shall con-
clude with his favourite Author, Iludibras
Thou, that with ale, or viler liquors
Did'st inspire Withers, Pryn, and Vickars,
And force them—though it,was in spite
Of nature and their stars to write
With vanity, opinion, scant
The wonder of the ignorant,
The praises of the thor penn'd
By himself!—or wit ensuring friend—
Canst make a writer spite of fate,
And teach all people to translate,
Though out of languages in which
They understand no part of speech

I think that Rae and " Hic" are kin,
So put 'em in a bag and shake 'em,
No living creature could mistake 'em ;
For 'tis not hard to imagine whether
The two is worst, though 1 name neither.
A SUBSCRIBER AND AMICUS.

Mr. Secretary CANNING came to town yester-
day, from Gloucester Lodge, and transacted
business at the Foreign-office. The Earl of
LivcapooL transacted business with Mr. CAN-
NING in t'.e afternoon.

It transpired in the House of Commons last
night, in the course of conversation on some grants for public
buildings, that there is to be a new gallery fbr the exhibition
of paintings, instead of the Royal Academy's present rooms
at Somerset House, which rooms are to be given to the Royal
Society; and that Somerset House fronting the Thames is
likely to be finished, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stating,
t!-at Mr. SMIRKE had been desired to prepare plans for such
purpose.

COUnt
PALMELLA, who has recently been re-
appointed Ambassador from Portugal, is shortly
expected to arrive in a Portuguese frigate.
THE GltEEKS.—Extract from a letter received
yesterday, by way of Trieste, from Zante, dated March 3 :
" The Turkish and Egyptian fleets have arrived in port at
Coron and Motion, where they have landed troops. The pre-
parations by the Greeks for the attack of Patras still continue;
but the four blockading vessels, by the last accounts, are under
weigh off Chiarenza, through fear of the Turkish fleet at Mo-
don. It is said that a considerable force of Albanians is about
to commence operations by land against the Morea."
General THORNTON has given notice of the
following motion at the next General Quarterly Court at the
India House, viz.—" Resolved, It appearing by the printed
Hyderabad Papers, that Rajah Chundoo Loll sent a letter to
Lieutenant Barnett, the Assistant to Sir C. J.-Metcalfe, Bart.
the President, who was acting for him during his absence from
Hyderabad on a tour. contaimag representations and complaints
which the Rajah desired might be communicated to the Supreme
Government, and in page 23J, that Lieutenant Barnett mention-
ed to Sir C. J. Metcalfe, when be esiet him on his return, that
he had received such a note, and described its contents ; and
likewise by Sir C. J. Metcalfe's own statement, in page 241,
that he did peruse the original note thoroughly and carefully,
after having previously contented himself with Lieut. Bar-
nett's report of its substance, and with looking at particular
parts; notwithstanding which, neither Sir C. J. Metcalfe, nor
Lieut. Barnet, did communicate the contents to the Governor-
General in Council, but the Supreme Government was kept in
ignorance of any such appeal, until communicated by the
Rajah through another channel, when several acts of Oppres-
sion, complained of in the conduct of Sir C. J. Metcalfe, were
ordered by the Governor-General in Council to be redressed,
in instructions inserted in page 224, and the following pages:—
That it be therefore recommended to the Court of Direc-
tors to be pleased to make regulations, in order to prevent in
future so improper and dangerous a proceeding as the suppres-
sion or interruption of appeals or complaints, whether just
or unjust, from the native Governments to the Supreme Go-
vernment—that, if just, the grievances complained of may be
redressed as soon as possible; and, if unjust, explanations may
be entered into without loss of time, and a good understanding
promoted."'

EXECUTION OF PAPAVOINE.—It was about
noon when an officer of the Cour Royale went to Papavoine,
in the prison of the Bicetre, to conduct him to the Conciergerie.
He employed, as usual, an innocent artifice to spare the crimi-
nal the shock of a too prompt communication. When the hor-
rible truth burst upon him, an expression of terror was visible
on all his features ; his whole frame shuddered. lie soon re-
gained his composure, and up to the instant of his death be-
trayed no further symptom of weakness. Papavoine ate his
breakfast, and made his last declarations, in which he persisted
in saying that the derangement caused in his intellectual orga-
nization, by long and irreparable calamities, had alone prompt-
ed him to commit the crime. Ile assisted the execuion rs in
taking off his dress and the collar of his shirt, and his hair being
cut off, the blue great coat which he wore on the trial, and on
the day he committed the murders, was thrown over his
shoulders. lie contemplated with a lock of attentive curiosity
the spectacle of which he was the principal object, and he
moved a little on one side of the narrow sledge, and inquired if
his confessor was comfortable; to his words he seemed to pay
the utmost attention. At a quarter past four, Papavoine ceased
to exist.
EXECUTION RESPITED.--Yesterclay afternoon
an order from the Secretary of State's Office arrived at New-
gate, respiting for one week the execution of James Dovey and
Roger Adams, who were expected to suffer this morning.
, where Mr. MoNTAnuE
Yesterday afternoon
w.ts arguing on a bankrupt s petition before the VICE-CitAm.
ctLi.o a, the Court was thrown into a momentary confusion, in
consequence of a crowd of persons rushing into the Court.
They were alarmed, it seemed at the sudden and unex-
picted appearance of a mad bullock, which entered Lin-
coln's.inn by Chancery-lane, pursued by a party ea boys,
butchers, and dogs. The infuriated animal endeavoured to
enter the doors of the Court, but a person who had fled from it,
and who had effected his security, closed them just as the bullock
was at the threshold. The animal then turned round, and ran
into Carey-street, followed by a numerous party of assailants.
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Messrs. KNIGHT and LACEY apprise the Clerg
of the United Empire, that the important worky
Lambeth and ti'le Vatican, has been delayed by
some interesting communications, but it will posi-
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may then be had of all the Booksellers. The
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