The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-09 00:00:00

P 0 E T It Y.

GEORGE THE FOURTH AND A' THAT-_A SONG.
TuNz— Whistle o'er ea' lave O.
BY JOHN MAYNE.
King GEORGE the Fourth is coming down
To see his friends in Embro'-town ;
To hold his Court, and wear the Crown
0' Scotland's Kings, and a' that !
And a' the chieftains o' the North,
Lords, leddies, lairds, and men of worth,
Are flocking to the Firth o' Forth.
To welcome him, and a' that !

Before his barge can reach the land,
Behold, in millions on the strand,
A 1 yal People, hand in hand,
In tears of joy, and a' that !
For though our Liege has Kingdoms three,
And mony an Island in the sea,
Auld Scotland strives to bear the gree
For loyalty, and a' that !

Then cock your bonnets, ilka blade,
And, lords and leddies, man and maid,
Let rites and honours due be paid
To Royalty and a' that !
Though Kings and Queens of high renown'
lia'e flourish'd aft in Embro-town,
A better never wore the Crown
Than GEOROE the Fourth, for a' that !

But, oh ! while guns and cannons roar,
And banners wave frae shore to shore,
The heart is wounded to.the core,
That we maun part for a' that !
Yet fill your goblets till they foam ;
And when the Kola's dispos'd to roarn,
He'll look on Scotland as his home,
And come again, and a' that !

FOND OF DANCING.—An officer who was quar-
tered in a country town, being once asked to a ball, was ob-
served to sit in sullen sort in a corner for some hours. One
of the ladies present being desirous of rousing him from
his reverie, accosted him with, " Pray, Sir, are you not fond
of dancing ?" " I am very fond of dancing," was the reply.
—" Then, why not ask* some of the ladies that are disen-
gaged to be your partner, and strike up ?" " Why, Madam,
to be frank with you, I do not see one handsome woman in
the room." The lady making a slight curtsey left hint, and
joined her companions who asking her what had been her con-
versation with the Captain—" It was too good to be repeated
in prose," said she, " lend me a pencil, and I will try to
give you the out-line in rhyme."
" So, Sir, you rashly vow and swear,
You'll dance with none that are not fair ;
Suppose we women should dispense
Our hands to none but men of sense ?"
" Suppose ! well, Madam, pray what then ?"
" Why, Sir, you'd never dance again."

Yesterday the Duke of YORK transacted mili-
tary business with the KING.

The LOUD CHANCELLOR had an audience of
his MAJESTY yesterday.
After the Cabinet Council on Wednesday the
Earl of LIVERPOOL left town for Coombe Wood ;
the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, for North Cray ;
and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for
Blackheath.

ENGLISH OPERA Br
ous E.—Gordon the Gypsey
was repeated for the third time last night, with
increased interest and success, to a very crowded
house.—The piece has been judiciously pruned,
and it will no doubt be a favourite for the re-
mainder of the season. It will, however, we
understand, be laid aside on Thursday next,
when the long promised Novelty (by the same
Author) Gil Blas, at 17, 25, 52, is expected to
appear.

Mr. MaTnEws, the celebrated performer, left
" home" on Friday last, in the packet.ship
William Thompson, for New York.—(Liverpool
Courier, Aug. 7.)
Miss S. BOOTH commenced an engagement for
five nights at the Newcastle Theatre, on Tues-
day last, in the characters of Letitia. Hardy and
Little Pickle.

The following is given in the Asiatic Journal:—Lieut. Col-
let, of the Bombay army, having heard that a very large tiger
had destroyed seven inhabitants 'of an adjacent village, re-
solved, with another officer, to attempt the destruction of the
monster. Having ordered seven elephants, they went in quest of
the animal, which they found sleeping beneath a bush. Roused
by the noise of the elephants, he made a furious charge on them,
and Lieutenant C.'s elephant received him on her shoulder, the
other six having turned about and run oft; notwithstanding the
exertions of the riders. The elephant shook off' the tiger, and
Lieutentant Collet having fired two balls at him, --he fell, but
again recovering himself, he made a spring at Lieutenant Collet.
Having missed his object, he seized the elephant by her hind
leg, and having received a kick from her, and another ball, he let
go his hold, and fell a second time. Supposing that he was
now disabled, Lieutenant C. very rashly dismounted, with the
resolution of killing him with his pistols ; but the tiger, who
had only been couching to take another spring, flew On Lieute-
nant C. and caught him in his mouth. The strength and in-
trepidity of-the Lieutenant, however, did not forsake him :he im-
mediately fired his pistol into the tiger's body, and finding that
this had no effect, he disengaged his arm with all his force, and
directing the other pistol to his heart, he at last destroyed him,
after receiving 25 severe wounds.

FOR THE SUN.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

Mr. EDITOR—As a Musical Professor who
have devoted the chief part of my life to the at-
tainment of knowledge in the art of music, I could
not but have felt great alarm on reading a para-
graph in your Paper of last night, -stating a new
project under the above mentioned designation.
This alarm is by no means confined to myself,
for I can confidently say that it is the general
feeling of nearly all the regular members of the
musical profession, as a rumour that such an
academy was likely to take place has been some
time afloat. -The first question to be proposed is,
what occasion is there for such an academy ? Is not
the musical profession already overcharged with
musicians, in every branch of the art ? Is there
not a ROYAL SOCIETY OF Alusiciass, all the
members of which are employed not only in the
mertion of their own talents, but in teaching the
principles of the art, and in extending the skill
of instrumental performances ? is there not, be-
sides, a' NEW Musscar. FUND, the members of
which are equally employed in diffusing the
knowledge of their art ? Is there not also a
CIiORAL FUND ? On what reasonable plea, there-
fore, can a new Institution be founded that will not
be injurious to the three admirable Societies which
I have above noticed ? It need not be told that
each of those excellent Societies has established a
fund for the support of decayed members and their
families, yet the proposed new Academy does
not seem to have included any such benevolent pro-
vision within the arrangements of their plan. We
have already a College of Physicians and a College
of Surgeons, fully adequate to all the purposes of
relief for the infirmities and accidental evils inci-
dent to human nature. No other Institution of
the same description is required, and considering
the high estimation and benevolent tendency of the
three Musical Societies to which I have adverted,
it seems to me that it would be as absurd to bring
forward a new Medical or Chirurgical College,
as to introduce .a new Musical Establishment.-
1 see that the plan of this new Musical Academy
is supported by the names of subscribers of high
rank, but high rank by no means includes profes-
sional taste and knowledge. The motives of these
subscribers are doubtless pure and patriotic, but
they do not seem to be allied to knowledge and
discretion. Sir, the musical market is already
overstocked with dealers, as I have before ob-
served. At time end of seven years the pupils of
the new Academy are to be thrown upon the
world at large, but they will be countenanced,
recommended, and employed by its Patrons,
and what will be the inevitable consequence ?
why, that the regular Professors of Music, who
have devoted great part of their lives to the at-
tainment of their art, will be deprived of em-'
ployrnent, and themselves and their families be
reduced to hopeless distress. The resources of
the Royal Society of Musicians, of the New Mu-
sical Fund, and of the Choral Fund, will by
no means be adequate to support, or even to
afford relief to, the innumerable claimants who
will be thrown upon their charity by the esta-
blishment of the proposed Institution. I submit
these suggestions to the reflection of those who
have hastily and inconsiderately consented to
enroll themselves among the Patrons and Sub-
scribers, and I am induced.to think that, upon re-
flection, they .will feel the force of my remarks,.
and shall conclude for the-present with merely
observing, that if the new Academy should be
established, the race of Musicians, who now sup-
port the Profession, will be brought to a similar
situation with the degraded Professors of the Art
in other countries, owing .to similar Institutions.
—ln hopes that abler writers than myself will
take up a subject of such importance to justice
and humanity,

I am. Mr. Editor, your luurible Servant,
August 8, 1822. A PROFESSOR, •
With a Wife and Eight Children.
_ _

P. S. It would be proper for the Committee of
the proposed Academy to ascertain the number of
Professors who belong to the ROYAL SOCIETY or
MCSICIANS, to the NEW MUSICAL FUND, and
to the CHORAL FUND, and also of those who
are not members of those Establishments, be-
fore they rashly bring forward a new musical
generation to " push from their stools" men of
acknowledged talents who have large families to
support.

The Beaver sloop of war arrived yesterday
frcra Rio Janeiro with advices to the 4th June.
Very few letters, however, have been received by
this conveyance, as the packet was to sail the
next day. The Beaver has.on board part of the
bullion brought from Lima by the Creole ; the
remainder is shipped in another vessel of
war. The letters from Rio mention that
M. Andrade, the brother of M. Jose Boni-
facio de Andrade, the present Prime Minis-
ter, who was one of the Members, and if
we mistake not President, of the Junta of St.
Paul's, had been expelled from the Junta, in
consequence of which the Prime Minister sent in
his resignation, which the Prince refused to ac-
cept. The Prince had convened the Brazilian
Cortes, intended to be composed of Deputies
from all the Provinces, and establishing, as a
principle he intended to act upon, that as soon as
two thirds of the Deputies were assembled in the
capital they should proceed to business.
The Second Report of the Commissioners of
Inquiry into the Collection and Management of
the Public Revenue in Ireland, and certain De-
partments of the same in Great Britain, recom-
mends the incorporation of the several Boards of
Revenue throughout the United Kingdom, the
effect of which, it says, will be to extend the
wholesome regulations of this country to Ireland,
together with all the rules and provisions by
which both the Customs and Excise are now
governed in England. The measures recom-
mended in this Report are expected to be carried
into effect with all possible expedition.
- In the year 1664, on the sth of December, a
boat on the Menai, crossing that strait over which a bridge is
now building, with eighty-one passengers, was, upset, and
only one passenger, named 'Hu oft WILLIAMS, was saved.
Qn the same day, in the year 1785, was upset another boat,
containing about GO persons, and every soul perished, with
the exception of one, whose name also was Hugh Williams ;
and on the sth of August, 1820, a third boat met the same dis-
aster, but the passepgers of this were no more than 25 ; and,
singular to relate, ttre whole perished with the exception of one,
whose name was Hugh Williams !

FOR THE SUN.

SHIPWRECKS.

MR. EDITOR-We have within the last twelve
months had very many unfortunate shipwrecks,
and of these the North of England has had its
full share. Many of our shipwrecked seamen,
no doubt, perish for want of proper attention,
not from inhumanity, but from mere ignorance ;
and the chance is, unfortunately, that if any one
reaches land from a wreck in a state of suspended
animation, that he is killed by being held up by
the heels, or by rough usage, under the mistaken
idea that life can only be restored by violent
methods. A Gentleman of high respectability,
at Sunderland, has rendered a great service to
humanity by printing and distributing, at, his
own expence, along the Coasts of the County of
Durham, " The Manual of the Royal humane
Society ;" thus instructing the inhabitants in the
art of restoring life. I should hope that this good
example will be followed by Northumberland
(in which the Noble President of the Royal
Humane Society resides), and by other counties:
the expence in each county is a mere trifle.
Temple, 7th August, 1822. • *