The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-17 00:00:00

7ME A IiTS.

NORTHCOTE has , just finished a half-length Por-
trait of Lord GREY, in his p'irliamentary robes,
,which is faithful in similitude, and admirable as a
picture.: He has been equally successful in a por--.•
trait-of Mr. WHITBgEAD, and- another of Lady
'ELIZABETH, the amiable consort of that Gentleman,
both of which are excellent specimens of professional
skill ; btu he lias been chiefly successful in'a portrait
of Mr. WAR4INGT-01,r, a Gentleman well known in.
the commercial world.
,This picture the best of
the kind which the'artist ever painted, und is mark-
ed by a boldnesS, -spirit, and vigour, lii"ghly, credit-
able to his powers.

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POCtiCK, with a spirit of loyalty hononrable' to
his cbaraaer, has tar advanced in allegorical I.6irk
for_the ensuing Anniversary of his Majesty's Acces-
sion, intended to decorate the gritish.Gallery in Pall
Mall, and is a libeial trihute of the Artist to the ad-
mirable Institution established at that place.—We
vi til not anticipate the pleasure which the Public will
receive ofi viewing this I,;.tiering Of loyalty and ge-
nius, by describing the subject, but content ourselves
with saying that it is well imagined and skilfully
treated.:

Yesterday forenoon his Royal Highness the Duke
of Yo'Luc., arrived in town from his seat at Oatlands,
and in the evening entertained a select party Of Mi-
litary Gentlemen with an elegant dinner, at his
house, Stable-yard, St. James's.

Yesterday his Royal
,Highness . the Prince of
WALES entertained his ,Royal Highness the Dole
of SUSSEX, and a select party, with an elegant din-
ner, at Carlton 1-16 us.

The estates of the late. Sir Roger Kerri_son, banker,
of Norwich, have sold for such immense sums, that
it is how supposed his creditors will receive the whole
amount oftheir respective debts.
The Right Hon. Lord GREY DE RUTHYN gave•a
sumptuous entertainment, at his seat at Brandon, on
-Tueiday se'nnight, to the officers of his regiment,'
the 4th Warwickshire Lccal Militia, when the day
was spent with the Utmoit harmony and coniiviality,
and on FriclaY, evening the of i,cers of that regiment
gave a ball to the Ladies ;nal 'Gentlemen of.the city
and neighbourhood of Coventry, which was nume-
rously and fashionably attended.
A Gentleman the oilier .day meeting his' game-
keeper returning from shootiUg, asked him which
way he had
~been. " • been trying Drayton
Wood, your Honour."-"—Wby, what took you
that beat ?"--"Ny poor wife was buried this morn-
in;, and I went to Drayton to attend the funeral—
so thought I'd try the • cover in my way hack."
Dispatches were sent to Ports Mouth on "Saturday,
to be• forwarded ,to the East Indies by the Hecate
sloOp of war. A .
hysTicu cuP PEACE COURTO:4t Dumfries, on
•

.MO.!clay se.'imight, acause of some interest•was de-
cided in said Court—SMITH v. WILSON-to recover,:
as reward of capture. .
The Defendant is a fruit dealer and gardener, and
had bought the fruit in a gentleman's orchard in the
neighbourhood of Dumfries. Having occasion for a
person_ to watch the fruit, he Offered Gs. per week
and viduals,,with a premium:Of one guinea for every
one he shot to, death, and 4.05. 6d. for every one
wounded and made prisoner, while in the at of rob-
bing the orchard. The pursuer; elated with the hope
of gain,engaged-, with heroic' ardour, _faithfully to
perform, the bargain, reckoning upon t he reward, if.
fortunate, at the end of his servitude. Upon' giving
_in theJist to the Conarnander-in-Chiet, it appeared
he had killed none, nor wounded :arty, but had made
one prisoner, for which he demanded, hall-a-guinea..
The Defendant admitting that the agreement was,
as has been represented), the Court decided against
Wilson, in favour of Smith, halt-a-gutnea with costs.
The Judges, much to their !labour, 'gave both par-
ties an advice never to maker any. such bargains for
the future.—(Carlisle Journal.)
•-An ;inquest was
.held yesterday, by G. HoDOSON,
Esq. at the Wheat-shoat public-house; in HolyWell-
street, St. Clement's Strand, on the body of John
White, an infant under:two- years of age, son to •
Mr. Alexander White, baker, in the same street.
Susanna Nixon, servant. to Mr.: White, said, on Sa-
turday last she had left a_pan of boiling water in the
yard, and.went up stairs. . The child was not in the
yard at the time. A few_ minutes afterwards, she
heard the infant scream violently. - Witness ran into
the yard, •and found the child on the ground, dose
to the pan, from 'which, in its agony, it.had rolled
.out. Dr. Stanton
,and Mr.. Thomas, were irnme-
-diately.sent for, and rendered every _medical assis-
tance in their power. The child, who appeared. to
have fallen into t he pan -.of water, and •was dreadfully
scalded, died at eight o'clock on Sunday morning.—
Verdict—Accidental Death.

SUDDEN DEATHS.—Saturday afternoon a watch-
man to Messrs. Knatchbull and Co. in Gracechurch-
y
street, named Smith, fell clown in a fit, and almost
instantly expired.
The same afternoon Mrs. Christie, landlady of
the Castle public-house, Long-alley Moorfields, ap-
parently in good health, fell backwards in 'her Chair,
and instantly expired.
Uu Supthy morning last, Mr. John Andrews,
who was travelling in Oxfordshire with a Collection
of wild beasts, dropped down without 4.iny previous
illness, at Wallington, and instantly expired.
An outside passenger fell on Wednesday night off
the Boston mail, about. five miles from Huntingdon,
and one of the wheels of the coach passing over -
he was killed on tile spot.
Mr. RALPH HEBSOL3, son of JonN.BEasoN,
Of Carlisle, bad the misfortune, on Monday se'n.
night, to have his ancle dislocated; and,his leg most
shockingly fractured, by the overturning of the Li-
verpool Mail, near Garstang. The fracture was of
the most serious nature, but it is hoped the conse-
quences will not prove fatal.
A young man of high respeCtability, Secretary to
a Nobleman, stands charged with forgery to a consi-
derable extent, and Ire has absconded. He is sup- ,
posed to have carried on his depredations to the tune
of some hundreds of pounds. - •
The report of a man being found murdered in a
lat=e leading to BromptOn, as -mentioned in several
of the Papers .of last week, is unfounded.-- • A. man
was taken up there _in a state. of intoxication, and;
carried to Kensington workhouse, which
_gave rise'
to the report.
Mr. William Routledge, gardener, has now in his,
garden, at Shaddongate,. an apple-tree in. full blos-
som.