The Sun.
London, England, 1814-06-16 00:00:00

TO THE EDIT, blti O 1 THE SUN.

"t Ma;!; let.
86,---te'soil\lg to ildti:•l.,rAsto, th 4
pleasures of retiverneiii; I accidentally pitclreti
upon One of his Letters, feinting a nieinneholy-in
.eblettt in the tarnilSr f.h; ScliWnrtetthergH=se
hlStriotiS is this name; conntiited raft!) the lious
of Austria, that an .aneectote.e6inprising betii,,
fancied mightg-'66 Agrecatile to -the Public kt
time; pnitictilarly when the- Narrater is no lesl
personage iiqn Laurent Metastasio. I liars
given . thy
,tran'illik4r), front a, desire •te furnish
something useful or entertaining for THE SUN, in
return for the 'ample.and excellent reading it hai
afforded me W. %V.

' I begin my letter with the fatal inUlligente
received front Prague, 'whiCh afflicts ine much, ai
indeed all Vienna. Heft is the extract Of my Cor=
respondent's letter.----Prque, 11 June. The Ein•
peror. taking the diversion of hunting iss-the iVoods
of Brankais, fired at a stag; the ball„ after having'
.passect.through its body, struck the left. hip of his
Highness the Priiite of Sew•artzenberg, Grand-
M;ister of the Horse, who fell, mortally'woundecfi.
.acrd this morning, between three and Font., he e -
piied... This misfortune has deeply aff..cted the
Emperor; le•could with difficulty be pi'e,ventell
from attending personally on the dying Prine,
to whom he sent the Count St. Joliex"). soliciting
forgiveness. This neays, w%-tieh is too true, ha 4
evidently' thrown• all Vienna into ci ns te..na t. on. ;
maily for the love they bore the deceas,ed Noble-
niam, •and all (knowing the susOpiibte mind of
his august Master), fearing•the etre( ts- of such an
unhappy accident on his tv,ole fratne ; nor has it
been possible to persuade him to losesinne blood,
though deemed,necossary ; -and the worst is, that
the'Empress (whose Adroit circumspection would
have been more efficacious thazi all, in divertink
his mind from its. melancholy bent) is not at pre-
sent in. Prague, being at Carlsbad for the benefit
of the waters. In consequoce of this eatris
trophe, the Fete of Angus; will not be kept in the
City of Krunian,• as I wrote ; fur hiring th,st
which gave birth to the deceased Prinee,•it is not
now proper for scenes of festivity. 1 shall wait
further orders, but the general opinion is, the Int 7
perial Court will hasten back to Vienna, 'Ste,
" 'Vienna, June 14, 1732."

mt:TArsTAsi.o,

CITY FETE.

The Procession to Guildhall on Saturday'
be the same as on the first visit of kacing to the
City after the. Coronation ; and.the whole Pate 4
to be- eoinliv't cd. on 4he ancient preccde4ts. Tl4c
Prince Regent is tip go in the,stlte carriage, wiili
eight' cream-coloured borses. The Baud o'f (kn-
tleinen Pensioners, the! 'Yeomen of die' 1.3-harrli
and an' the ()dicers of the Household in,their statd
liveries;' attend the carriage. The two :.':;overeii.pii
go with his Royal Highness in the Stntt: carriaqc.
•
Temple-bar will'be shut ; and on the city Side of
it, the cortege will be met by the. Lord .Mayor;
Aldermen, and Suerilf.:, all on horseback. Pot.x
Lord filayor. will prese9t the city keys to tha
Prince Regeht, who will rt turn them ; and .thert
the Lord.Mayo,r.,"preceded by the.Aidernicn, af;d.
having the two SlieOffs on his right and left
hands, will ride before the royal carriage to Guild-
hail. • •

In tli-e the Lord Mayor stands behind tlr
Prince Regent, who takes the Chair, supported.
on" his right and left by the two \lonarchs and
none of. theusiial 'ceremonies at a city feast.,•, its,
to the wanner of giving toasts, &e. are practised. •

.A canopy of richly ornamented velvet .is to
.he;
constructed at the eastern-exttemityol,the
suflicieutly expanded to overhang three seats, al-
lowing a space Ylf three feet to each. • The centre
seat will be ocenpied• by'the-Prince Ite4:ent, and-
the others ..on theatight and left by the iliumtrions•
Visitors., the Emperor of Russia and the King of.
Prussia. The bony of the Hall will be- divided
into four equal portions, -to be designated ,y
Nos. I, 2,3, and 4. Tile first divisiOn (-No. 1),
comprising that .part generally occupied. by tile
Hustings, is destined for the accommodation of
the Prince, Regent, their Itnperial and Royal I\l'a-
jesties, with. their immediate friends'; No 42;
tending from 'the Hustings to nearly the..grand.
entrance of the flat), is to.hetappropriated- to the.,
• use of:Noblemen invited, and.Otlicers in the salt
(If ,the Prince Regent; Nos.•3,and'4 be• acsc
copied by the Aldermen and Common .Cottucil-
men.

'fitc Hall will be lined with crimson throtth,-
out, andillatninated with variegated:ln.mlis;•iwrr-
sperscd with transparencies, havir,i appi'opri:ite
mottos to each.

The Galleries erected for the accommodation
the Ladies -occupy a depth of. about .six feet ;iei'
around the Hall. Above thp, gallery,• t n fte
north side of the Hall, vill.trt!erected an ort;he:,itt
to hold the' Prince Regent's and the Doke ,e
York's bands.

The Adjoining Hall, in which arc field the Cotits
of Common Cc, * •il, Aldermen, and the Co:lrr3
of ding's Bench and Common Pleaq',-are to be
coliverted into drawing-rooms for the •occ:atirm,
whither the company will repair in the first in-
stance.

No scats (as has hitherto been the custom at
the Lord Mayors' Feasts) •will be permitted'to be
occupied in the: body of the Halt, until the "loyal
Guests have been seatecL

THE WI. REVIEW

(No. I.)
PROSPEcTUS.

Friira a state of universal War,. we are happily
tubsiding into a state of universal Peace-;4rOm a
contest which threatened to be almost intermi-
nable, we verge towards a• repose of which Hope
sees-uo limit. Tote storm is over, and the calm
succeeds, The clouds of the, tempest have va,
vished away, and all. the horizOn burns with the
recent glories of the bolts which have dissipated
them, or melts, with a kindred glow, into the
soft effulgence which promises a • long season of
joy. -

In the day of trial, whathas there been to com-
pare with the firmness of Old England. Amid the
wreck of nations and the crash of 'worlds, where
shall we find a parallel to the fortitude of Britain ?
Persevering under adversity ; constant even in
prosperity; unmoved by peril's most immincni ;
unshaken by convulsions which *Muted other
liatiOns in chaos ; mighty, undaunted, temperate,
sublime, she has maintained her principles sted-
fastly, fought her battles nobly, and achieved her
victoty gloriously; And not alone her victory,
but the victory of mankind ; the triumph of Order,
over Anarchy ; of Morality over Crime; Of Eter-.
nal Justice over a horrid system of robbery and
impiety and murder and atheism.
Such is the resplendent NEW ELIA at which we
:have so prosperously arrived. The blood-stained
shrines of Moloch are throWn down, and the Da,
gun of the Philistines, shorn of his afilicting
power : the Temple of Janus is shut, an,-: we hate
r4ised our altars on high in the Dome of Concord.
Let us hasten to adorn them ! Let us hasten to
bnry in oblivion the remembrance. of the troubled
times we have seen, and turn with one mind to
the cultivation of the' arts of Peace. Even of the
laurels round (nir browi let us think less, than of
the olive branch with which it is entwined. But,
at all events, let us forget the themes of discord,
and direct our better thoughts to the boundless
fields of science,-which court our steps, to the
delights of literature, to the enchantments of the
fine arts; to all those'pursuits which are' most
worthy of the dignity of man, his noblest studies,
the knowledge of nature, of himself, of his Al-

Mighty Creator.
• THE SUN,/ -wc bvhlly say, lnt pc4ormiad
the duty of a consistent, , intrepid, and inde-
. pendant Journal throughout the arduonS struggle
of the last twenty years. Conscious of the ines-
timable value and dignity of the 15ress, it has en-
deavoured not to abuse the one or.disgrace the
other. In the present heur of triumph, without
fearindthe imputation of vanity ; but indulging,
on the cOntrary, in an honest pride, it assumes a
station among the foremost publicationS which
have contributed, with ceaseless and unvarying
exertion, to that consummation of the glory of
Great Britain, the overthrow of tyranny, and the,
solid establishment of the liberties of Europe,
which arc now complete.

On these grounds we feel ourselves entitled to
take the lead in assuming those. new features
which may properly belong to the state of tran-
quillity already commenced. The task of review-.
nig the labours of Learning, the eirusiOns of the
Muse, the speetilations of -the Politician, haS, it
is true, been heretofore confined to works of More
imposing magnitude and less frequent occurrence
thanthe columns of a daily Newspaper. Quarterly
Leviathans and monthly Sharks have swallowed
vp;and devoured the shoals Of AuthOrs swarming
the literary wave. But, after maturely consider-7
ing the subject, we can discover no good reason
why :he- diurnal Press should not go beyond the
bounds of an advertisement, in noticing the
.pro-
ductions. of talent and recording the triumphs of.
genius ; in rescuing lowly merit froth chilling in-
difference, and brightening in the Sun those
flowers which blush unseen ; in giving, through'
our more. generally diffused median), greater pub-
licity than k at present attainable to every species
of composition which issues from the Bookseller's
hind ; and enaliug the world to form an opinion
of their nature and character.
ThiS is the ohiect we propose in THE Sun RE-
VIEW,tO be continued as regularly as the insertion
of temporary matter will permit. Our wish is to
cherish not to repress, to encourage not to repel,
the efforts of the pen. Our criticism shall there
fore be impartial, our praises liberal, our censures
load. As, to be spirited we will not be unjustly
severe ; so neither will we, for personal or private
gratification, prostitute ourselves to the tame in-
4ipidity of too lavish flattery and indiscriminate
encomium.

Such are our determinations—the Public, in the
progress of our task, will appreciate the worth of
our perfoimance. If we go about to cozen for
tune without the stamp of merit, our reward will
be disregard, our intentions saving us from con-
tempt, and the design of planting a novel and riot
(as we trust) an unentertaining, nor uninstructive,
mot. unpatriotic featiire lipon a Publication of the
kind .under our superintendaneQm securing us,at
least the indulgent construction ui our. Readers.
We invite communications of every description
books from their Authors and Publishers, of
Lints from literary men, of notices from those in-
clined to promote Our views. These shall meet
tiro earliest possible -attention, and be received
with thnolis, but without favour.
San ce, Jtale 23, 1314, :

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