The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-30 00:00:00

DIED.

At his Lordship's seat, Woolbeding, Lady Robert. Spencer,
aged 76.
In Glasgow, Mrs. Sybilla Kirkland, only surviving sister of
the late Sir Alexander Mackenzie, of Avoch, N.B.
At Cheltenham, Mrs. M'Leod, relict of the late Captain
M'Leod, East India Company's service.
At Cheltenham, on the 25th inst., Charlotte, daughter of
Admiral Robert Montagu.
On Sunday morning, the 27th inst., William Williams, Esq.,
Clarendon-place Mania-vale, formerly of St. Martin's-lane, in
the 73d year of his age.

THE ORCHARDS OF.S01081"5111

The orchards of Somersetshire
on
as the Celtic period of the British I'looo.lli
apple seems originally to have been.hrl, gia
Britain by the first Colonies from Vs"
particular by British Hxdui, a Celtic tribiete
settled in the north and eastern parts °ft. 101
sent Someraetshire. It was not unes"-e-01
the ancient Britons to retain the nat -501
tribes of which they were originally
and from which they migrated in colonies
island. Such were these lltedui, ivh°denci
scended from the lEdui of Gaul. '—foH
find the site of the present Glastonbur9
been distinguished, before the Roman
by the discriminating title of Avallonio, •f
Apple Orchard ; and the soft keen relish,,o_i
fruit so strongly recommended it to the Pgil
that another Avellana arose in the north. Gil
are O-
land. And before the third century of. 011,9gi
tian sera, the fruit appears to have been ulto4
Dated over the island, and to have eve" hell!
di
the distant and unorganized regions of Sh,,,el
with large plantations of the trees. , Prj
Aram, in his " Collections for a Dictieinior
the Celtic Language," says that the ilenl„e„ei;
apple tree is a corruption of " Apollo's. If
And that this is its original, will be etiSrloo!
ducible from a little reflection on- the I:igs
support of it. The prizes in the sWe'd
were the olive crown, apples, parsley/ 1101
pine. Lucian, -in his Book of Games/11°roi
apples were the rewards in the sacred.P.it
Apollo; and Curtius asserts the same. 04
pears also that the apple tree was consecrai.,
Apollo before the laurel ; for both Pin,L4olo
Callirnachus observe that Apollo did °Vic
the laurel until after his conquest of the 'c'
and that he appropriated it to himself on s io
of his passion for Daphne., to whom the, 0
was sacred. The victors' wreath at. fill got
bough, with its apples hanging uP°'",,Vgi
times with a branch of laurel ; and 11'../1
united these together as the reward of th!
in the Pythian games. , arod
The scarcity of the native and the c'eie
the foreign wines in Italy, several ages De'iiioll
conquest of Britain by Agricola, had
the inventive faculties of the Roman mi.—ctiti'
occasioned the original discovery of the
wines. These were still continued by, Il
mans and naturally taught to the 13ri11",.1/50'
were made of almost all the products of
chard and the garden, the pear, the DPP the
mulberry, and other fruits. Two of thehill:, e
fore, were those agreeable liquors which 'll3
extract from the apple and the peer,,rn-ielst
we still denominate cider and perrY. ^-,,ns
must have been culled pyrum by the flPal; vilot
was therefore calledper-nti, perch or Petl:
by the Britons. The former actually r-00
ng I
the appellation of sicera among the genii! Its
,word being colloquially pronounced L'oJogi
,
sidera" as the same pronunciation wand I
present Italians satisfactorily evinces"-;", cinig
tained; therefore, the appellation °f
among the Britons.—The orchards of tti
and delightful Vale of Taunton, from whicesi
is made in the greatest perfection, are f°higt"
being mentioned here in terms of
tile
praise. There are many farmers in
hourhood of Taunton, who sell the! his
for eight, ten, and even twelve Peulla P
head ; and it is supposed they possess 0(1.00
culiar to themselves, of conducting the jelic+a
tion, and thereby preserving a rich snu ;clst
flavour. The best fruit delights in a str'''fied .
soil. Unless great attention be ehsere'vil
making, the labour is in vain ; for cider,;, fa!
much greater nicety of management, tl of
liquors. The apples are suffered to fel,ea At
trees, or when thoroughly ripe are Pici'ferrne
great care. They are put into heaps t°
and remain in that state for three or fear rase'
after they are ground and the liquor is exsPo
it is suffered to remain in tubs, irorn oa P
hours, when a scum or froth' wilt rAisevihe°.;
top; this they narrowly watch, And ,40.1
breaks, they rack for the first time int°l:4l
is
.net aid fti
after which unremitting attention
prevent excessive fermentation by eerlf
quent rackings.