The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-26 00:00:00

THE KIST DAY:

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Yesterday, pt]rsuant to Royal 'Proclamation, was
tiSserved'as.a general day of fasting and humiliation
betbre Almighty God throughout every part of this
great Metropolis; people of all religions unanimously
and -with the most fervent zeal imploring Heaven to
bless His Majesty's arms by sea and land, so as to
be the means of perpetuating Peace to this Nation'

and to &trope. - •
two Houses of Parliament gave the high ex'-
aluj)le to the people, each, going in public to the
.places of worship where they usually attend on any
tl.ty that the Sovereign orders to be set apart for
Demi devotion among his people.

The House of Lords went in state to Westminster.
Abbey, where a most excellent sermon was preached
by the Most Reverend the Bishop of •Exeter, from
the .40th of Isaiah,. part of the 31st verse But
they that wait upon the Lord, shall renew their
strength."-There were present the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Lord High Chancellor, Earl Hard:
xvicke, Earl Nelson, the Bishops of Latidatic Bangor,
St. .Asaph, and Bristol, • Lords Walsingliam and
Eliot. together with the usual Officers of the 'House.
• The Loyal 'Sr. Margaret and St. John's Volun-
teers, commanded by the Hon. Lieut.-Colonel Eden,
proceeded to the residence of the Right Hon. the
Speaker pf.the House of Commons, and escorted
him to St. Margaret's Church, where a very excel-
lent Discourse was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Mar-
low, of Trinity College, Oxford, from the toth
chapter of Isaiah, and 7th verse---" HoWleit he
tneaneth not so, neither cloth his heart think so."—
Among other Members who attended, were the
Hon. Gent Phipps, Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. George
Rase, Mr. John Blackburn, Mr. Henry Bankes, &c.
Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Fynes.
The .Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor went
in state to St. Paul's Cathedral, accompanied by the
two SlieritlS and four Aldermen, and attended by
the usual retinue of City Officers, where they•heard
an excellent Sermon from the Lord-Mayor's Chap-
Lin.

The Rou. Artillery Company, with their Ja,gers
and Riflemen, and the East London Militia, were
also in the Cathedral.

The Brigade of Royal East-India Volunteers went.
to church as follows :—ist Regiment, part to
gate, part to Btshopgate; 2d Regiment, Barking
Church, Tower-street ; 3d Regiment, St. Michael's;
Coruhill.

The 2d Regiment of Guards attended Divine Ser-
vice in Westminster-Hall in Consequence of their
chapel undergoing. repair.-
The Lambeth Volunteers attended Divine Ser-
vice at Lambeth Church. They inubtered very
.strong. - _

Th-e -First ,SUrrey Regiment, Colonel Gaitskill,
mustered at the Paragon. Kent-road, and marched
to Bermondsey Church, and heard an excellent ser-
mon suitable to tlele ,aolemnity of the day.
At St. Martin's Church, Lord Percy, the Ladies
Percy,- and several other persons of distimaion, were
present, and heard a most excellent Sermon from
the Rev. Doolor Hamilton, the Rector ofshat church.
His text was from the 3d of Ezekiel, ith verse—
" As an adamant hardzr than, flint have I mode thy
forehead.': fear them not, neither be dismayed by their
looks, tAnzgh they be a rebellious house."
Dr. Randall, twin Bath, delivered a most impres-
sive sermon, at St-James's Chureh, to a numerous con-
negation, consisting Mostly of persons of the highest
class of society. The Reverend Divine chose for his
text the -toth and Anth verses of the 28th chapter of
Deuteronomy. •
At Whitfield's- Tabernacle the Rev. J. Wilkes 'de-
livered a most pious ekhortation to his congregation
to follow virtuous pursuits, as the only sure tnearis of
bringing down the bleSsing of the Almighty on our
undertakings. His text was selected from Ezekiel,
chap. -9, v. 4.
At Wesley's Chapel, in Great Queen-street, Lin-
coln's Inn FieldS,. the'ReV.-Joseph Benson, from a
variety of examples, demonstrated to his congrega-
tion that faith in God was the prominent feature in
the Christian Religion, - and• from thence - interred
'that a Giristian Nation Lid every thing to hope id
a contest with a People who were • totally destatte
of religious sentiment. His text was " And Jesus
answ,Ted and said, Have faith in Gad," Mark 11,
verse 22.

The Roman Catholics, the-Jews, and every other
class of people devoted the day to the most fervent
prayer, all uniting in one general expression of loy-
alty and patriotism, as blended with the duties a
their different persuasions.
The different Volunteer Corps went each to the
Church belonging to their Distri&. The Prince of
'Wales's to St. Martin's, the St. George's to 'St.
George's, the St. James's to St. James's Church,•&c.•
The tradesmen shut up their shops, the Publik Of-
flees made a general holiday, and the day was
throughout London and its environs observed with
the utmost solemnity.

SutunE.--;-On Tuesday morning .Mr.•Marshatt
was found in 'his bed-room, at hiS lodgings, in Char-
lotte-street; Pimlico, with his throat cut in, a most
shocking manner. lie had spent his evening, on
Monday, at the Magdalen public-houSe, in Pimlico,
as was frequently his custom, where he appeared in
perfed good 'health and, spirits, and-Went hoine to
bed about ten o'clock. ' •He was accustomed to i-se
about eight in the' morning, and not making his ap-
pearance at his usual time on Tueszlay morning, at
ten 'o'clock, Nirs. Oliver and her servant -went to
see the cause3' they knocked at hi* bed-room doOr,
but received no aiicver, they, in consequence,
-opened it, when they discoVered him lying on the
floor, 'with his throat- cut, and a most horrid spec-
' tack, occasioned by .an uncommon• discharge 'of
bloth'.7' A surgeon was called in, but•to no purpose.
—he was deal and cold. No canse can be assigned
for the rash a&, but there is every reason- to belieVe
be has been slightly deranged for sometime- past.—
, He has been frequently heard to ssy, the devil was
in him, and that he could feel him in his throat.—
Two, Wills were fonnd, one in 'his pocket, and the

other upon a table ; in them he ,aireas, .that his
body is, ty be. opened, for the purpose of finding
'the fie• was. about sixty years of agcs 1.1
- by...profession a merchant. He was from Scotland.