The Sun.
London, England, 1822-06-22 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

Mr. EDITOR—I have this moment met-Witfli
paragraph, in the British Monitarof Sunday last,
which, after mentioning the production of the
Tragedy of, Regulus, at Paris, expresses sorprise
at the publication of my letter in the Morning
Herald of the 14th instant, and concludes thus---."
" The French author might retort Upon Mr. Ll-710
by saying, you accuse me of writing my Tragedy
after having seen yours ; perhaps you foundo
yours upon Metastasio's, Pradon's, or Dorat'sr.
In reply to the above, I beg leave to observe'
with deference, that it would not be qyite fait:
in the French author to c9nstrue my letter into
an accusation ; nor do I conceive that. the po.'
sition which the Monitor suggests.could bejustlY
considered in the light of a retort, as.l do not
admit the parallel. The attempt, to transfitse,
some of the beauties which may exist •in
drama, acted and published in another language!
into our own, is as fair a literary effort as original
composition ; but the case is surely different
with regard to a priiate manuscript; The whole
of the works extant on the subject, 'Whether 'gf,
Historians or Dramatists, were, of course, eqUally
open to us both : how far each author has
availed himself thereof will appear, in the event.
of my` play being - made publidi ibut I do, not
conceive , that. either the tenor of my leiter,
or the circumstance of its appearance, was cal-
culated to excite surprise; for, if my manuscript
had been intended only for publication, and had
never been out of my owu possession, I should
have deemed it equally incumbent on me, for nIY
own satisfaction, to mark the coincidence, and to
prove, by the best means in my, power,Ahe prior
existence of my own production.

1 remain, Sir, your obliged and obedient Servant
•J. LUfN. '

DROWNING.—On Thursday night an inqui-
sition was holdewat the Royal Oak, in the Lower
Deptford Road, on the bodies of Sam. Clifton,
aged 35, and Wm. Jones, aged 17, who lost their
lives in the Surrey Canal. Robert Hunter de~ •1
posed, that he, the two deceased persons, to-
gether with the father, of Jones, and the son_ Of
Clifton, a lad of 12 years, were angling
in the
Surrey Canal, near the Commercial Docks, when
Clifton expressed a desire to bathe. -He beiug
rather fresh from liquor, the rest of the party*
endeavoured to prevail on him to desist, fearing
he would be drowned ; however, he persisted ill
his resolution, and jumped in. A few moments
elapsed, and he not appearing on the se'
face of the water, no doubt was left but he
had sunk to rise no more. Young Jones in-
stantly took off his clothes, and-plunged in *Le;
save Clifton, but, alas ! he also sunk in the pre-
sence of his father and friends. The father (wh°
is employed at Mr. -Wilkinson's, the gun-maker,
on Ludgate-hill), instantly jumped in after 1115:
son, and he also sunk ; but witness, who was ai-it
expert swimmer, plunged into the Canal, an'
after long exertion, in which they- were both.
under water some time, succeeded in bringing
him ashore almost lifeless. The bodies of Jones.
and Clifton were afterwards taken out quite
dead. The Coroner and Jury thanked Huntec,
for his praiseworthy conduct, and returned n
verdict of," Accidentally Drowned."
AERIAL PHENOMENON.OII Sunday evening,
at sunset, the following ,vision was distinctiy*c.
beheld by three persons in the neighbourhoodo
Dublin.• Towards the south-west appeared ti
single cloud, which during the space of half all
hour presented-the form of a female. The face--
and figure in purple. The features, which were
clearly distinguishable, were of exceeding beauty'
The hair circled in front, and shot towards the
back of the head, disposed ,in a graceful 11,,°t;,
with a tress waving from it in the manner 01
Grecian female, as appears in some statues 07
busts. The hands were folded on the- bras 7
in a mapnew expressing reverence and deve;
tion. From the waist downwards the figu,r,
was enveloped in close drapery, one part out?,
appearing. Behind the figure, but closely
tached to it, was a smaller cloud, which had I,
appearance of a gauze drapery, broadly exp'ande"
and gracefully folded towards the extreali!o
dvi:
The whole object was placed in strong rell.
against a clear blue sky, the relief rendered st._o
1-
t
more perfect by the rays of the setting sun ac-liv
upon the back of the cloud. Nothing could ct..
ceed the delicacy of the feature and the 0(2
ness with which they were presented to the vie lc
After presenting this appearance for nearlf had,
an hour, the figure gently and gradually retir.eee,
and disappeared in the western hGrizon.—(rl
man's Journal.)

COURSE OF EXCHANGE, June 21.
Amster clam

Ditto, at Sight

Rott(kr dam

12 10

Antwerp, l2 5
,4,1 (Jb
Hamburgh 37 10 tjs.
Altona

Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 60 ~s,
Ditto
Op
0
Bourdeaux, ditto
Frankfort on the Main
Madrid
35-1 ffctc
Cadiz
Bilboa ...,

Barcelona

Gibraltar

35i35.

::: 30;

Leghorn
434-Vice, Ital. Li Gel Oa .. . en a. r 427 60
Malta 45 -Naples 393 00*
Merino
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Dublin .... 94 Cork 91 pet Cent•
..
BULLION ttVg.
Portugal Gold, in Coin . /0 0 P
Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 10i
New Doubloons '
New Dollars .
Silver in Bar,„ Sfandard . i_____?....it____

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MARRIED. VI
Yesterday morning, at St. Andrew's, Holborn, by the f 54.7
Reverend the Dean a Rochester, Lonkueville Clarke' oft ie
M.A. F.R.S. Barrister-at-Law, of Lincoln's bin and.got
Privy Council Office, to Maria Hart, only child of
Myers, M.D. of John-street, America-square.
DIED.
theOonnlWy
seudinviesvdinayuldaasut,gahtteSar
onfdgthatee,liLeKTehnot,rnEalsizieet,l3e Flo:::
formerly of Lee, in the same county, and niece of the la
Boone, Esq. of Berkeley-square. - de.
serving
th:e,f4cer,
fourth'
son
of
ti..........ie,1a........._..,................::Ath inst., Colonel Georg- Evans,jas Evans',.. a zealou rack, of
Knightsbridge.
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