The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-17 00:00:00

MORTIMER, THE ARTIST.

MORTIMER, the artist, whose works are well
known, used occasionally to frequent " The Feathers," a house
which formerly stood at the hack of Cranbourn-alley, where a
subscription was proposed one evening for a penom in distress.
While a collection was making in the room, he drew with pen
and ink, round the margin of the ►►ewspaper, several con►po-
sitions, and when it ca►ue to his turn to subscribe, he gave the
paper, which was put up to auction on the spot, and sold for 5
gu►neas.

On one of the stolling parties projected by Mortimer, he and
his companions contrived to wander about until they became
uncertain which road to take. They at length arrived at a cot-
tage, the owner of which, a poor woman, declared she had not
any thing fit for them to eat, but readily offered to go for them
to a neighbouring village to purchase refreshment, to which
they agreed. During her absence, however, they contrived to
peep into a pot which she had left upon the fire, and on opening
it they found a joint of veal. After abusuing the old woman
for her greediness, they instantly made a meal of it, and when
she returned with some bacon and eggs only, they reproached
her for keeping back the contents of the pot. "Ah l gentle-
men," she exclaimed, " I would have freely given you that,
but it was part of an old cow which died of a sickness yesterday,
and I thought suck folks as you would not eat it."
Mortimer was a bon vivant, and this propensity frequently car-
ried him into company, of which he was always the life, at
which time nothing was too extravagant for him to undertake.
It is said that he once absolutely ate a wine glass, of which act
of folly he never recovered.
Mortimer's picture of the Battle of Agincourt, engraved by
Ryland, is a copy, with a trifling alteration, from a very fine
drawing in chalk in the possession of one Tassert, of whom he
borrowed it, and when charged with the piracy, excused it by
raying he could not lose the idea of the drawing. lie was so
fascinating a companion, that Barry declared he was afraid to
trust himself in his company. Several months before Barry
began his great work in the Adelphi, Mortimer called at his
house, wishing to see his sketches for those pictures, bur he
could only get admission as far as the passage. "Go along,"
said Barry, " you are a clever scoundrel.; I'll not let you see
any thing I am about ; I ilon't want to see you these seven
years; go home; you have ideas enough of your own—you
shan't have any of mine; go along, I say, I won't trust my.
self with you, and pushed him out. of the house, for fear if
he stayed any longer he should be overcome with his plea-
santry. •

One winter's day, when the horizon was so dark as to render
the practice of the arts Impossible, some of his brother brushes
called on him. "What a day ! who can work ?"—" Notody;
as it is so bad a day, let us see if we can't make a goocl nightof
it," said Mortimer. Candles were brought, and the shutters
closed at noon-day, and over several bowls of punch they spent
their time till the hour of midnight parted them.

OLD A CTOItS.—Mr. WEST, who was
a dancer
and subordinate actor in the time of GARRICK', is
DOW in existence at a very adVanced age ,• and -
WEwyrzEit is still living, residing in Wild-,
passage, Drury-lane, Ina state of imbecility and
extreme indigence, in his seventy-sixth year.
JONES, KNIGHT, BLANelfitltD, MEADOWS,
RUNT, Miss Forma, Miss SMITIISON,,and Mrs.
BONN, are at present performing in Liverpool..
JAcont, a print-dealer at Ber-,
lin, has formed a collection of portraits of this
great Reformer, amounting to no fewer than
twelve hundred and five ! a far greater number,
we apprehend, that has ever fallen to the share
of any other individual that ever ekisted. These
effigies are arranged in various classes; the first
of which Consist of portraits properly so termed,
comprising many to be found in title-pages to va-.
'ions works. 'l'he second dais contains historical
plates in which portraits of Luther occur ; the'
third, satirical portraits and caricatures; the
fourth, representations and monuments, medal-
lions, &c. containing effigies and likenesses of
Luther. It is to be hoped that this valuable
collection will be preserved entire, and become
public properly.

P OBTIt Y.'

STANZAS.
Is this the harp you used to wake,
The harp of other days ?
Or is it that another hand
Amid its music strays ?

No ! the same harp to the same hand
Yields up its melody—
The song, too, is the very same,
Yet they are changed for me.

They are the same—but, oh ! how changed
Since last I heard their tone ;
The change I vainly seek in them.
Is in my heart alone.
Nay, fling not back thy cloud of hair,
Its roses are unbound;
See, latLA, see thy carelessness,
They're scatter'd o'er the ground

Yet, but an hour, when first the dew
Fell from the twilight star„
How tenderly these flowers were culled.,
And now how crushed they are I
And must I in those roses read

'What my heart's fate will he ?
That when the prize is once posseat,
How light its worth to thee.

Oh ! all in vain thy small snow hand
Awakes its wildering strain ;
Thy dark eyes breathe the soul of song,
To me they turn in vain.
I heard thee wake the deep harp chord*
For other ears than mine,
I saw the light of thy soft eyes
Upon another shine.
The heart must speak or ever words
My depth of lore can tell;
But eyes, hand, heart, must be all mine,
Or else, farewell, farewell !

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING ROOM, Avo. 16.
The piincipal betting men being absent at York Races, there
wai no attendance here to-day.

YORK AUGUST MEETING.
The following horses, &c. have arrived, or will be at Dring.
houses and Middlethorpe, to run at the Aleeting
Earl Fitzwilliam's b. h. Sandbeck ; ch. m. Leonella ; hr. c.
Bordeaux ; b. c. Florismart ; b. c. Whiskerandos ; b. c. Con.
federate; b. c. Parthenessa ; and hr. f. Beatrice.
Earl Scarborough's h. b. Regalia ; b. in. Fair Charlotte, and
ch. c. Young Catton.
Duke of Leed's gr. f. by Comus, out of Lisette, 4 yrs.
Lord Kelburne's br. h. May-day, 5 yrs old ; b. c. by Filho
da Puta, out of Percy's dam, 3 yrs old.
lord 31uncaster's b. h. Netherfield, by Crispin.
Lord Sligo's b. c. Arrogance, and b. c. Canteen.
• Sir John Byng's b. f. Ina, by Smolensk°.
Sir W. Maxwell's Ben Led', 4 yrs old.
Sir W. M. Milner's br. h.• Angler, and br. c. Ormond.
Mr.•Annstrong'sch._e. by 'Walton, out of Stanley Lass.

Mr. Bell's ch.'c. by out of Recovery, 4 yrs old.
Mr. Crompton's ch. c. Alphonso, 2 yrs old.
Mr. Ferguson's b. h. Wanton; b. c. Gay Momus ; b. c.
North Briton • b. c. Equity ; and b. c. Don Antonio.
Mr. Fox's ch. f. Double Entendre, 3 yrs old; and colt, by
Walton, out of Tric-Trac, 2 yrs old.
Mr. Gascoine's bi. f. .by Walton, out of Trulla, 3 yrs old.
Mr. llouldsworth's Palatine; b. c. Farnsfield ; f. Au-
burn ; and gr. c. Androgens.
Mr. Jaques's b. f. Ringlet; b. f. by Walton, out of Vic-
tress ; colt, brother to Ringlet, 2 yrs old ; and ch. c. by Wal.
ton, out of Comedy{ 2 yrs old.
Mr. Johnson's b. c. brother to Bay Burton, 4 yrs old.
Mr:Kirby's ch. m. Violet.
Mr. Lambton's ch. c. Corinthian, 4 yrs old ; b. c. by Comus,
out of Rosanne, 4 yrs old ; b. 1. Berestna, 4 yrs old ; and c.h. f.
by Election, out of Leopoldine, 2 yrs. old.
'Mr. Ludley's b. c. Buzzard, 3 yrs old ' • br. c. by Smolensko,
out of Euphrosyne's darn, 3 yrs old • ' and ch. c. by Interpreter,
out of Euphrosync's darn, 2 yrs old.
Mr. Parkinson's filly, by Whisker, 3 yrs old.
Mr. l'etre's b. h. Theodore, 5 yrs old.
Mr. Powlett's bl. f.. Miss Fanny, 4 yrs old ; hr. c. Conductor,
4 yrs old ; b. c. Mustachio ; b. c. Caccia Piatti ; and ch. c.
Boss, 3 yrs old.
Mr. Ridsdale'a ch. c. Rhubarb ; ch. c. Carouser ; and ch. c.
Brother to Eliza Leeds.
Mr. Russell's b. c. Abron, by Whisker, 4 yrs old.
Mr. Tanton's bl. e. Streatham.
Mr. Tarltnn's cb. f. Ciips7, by Tramp, 3 yrs old.
Mr. Watt's h. h. Duport ; and b. c. Ilrutandorf.
Mr. Whittaker's b. c. Lottery (lute Tinker) 4 yrs old.
Mr. Wortley's br. c. by Bourbon, 2 yrs old.
Mr. Wright's hr. c. Octavus, by Bourbon, 2 yrs old.

NVIGTON RACES, WEDNESDAY, Auo.-11.
A Purse of 10/. for horses, &c. that never won the value of 501.
• at any time (matches excepted). Heats, four times round
the course andsa distance.
Mr. 1414 Minnie's ch. m. Meld of the Mill, 6 yrs old 1 1
Mr. Jackson's br. h. Loss All, 6 yrs old - . 2 2
Mr. Hodgson's hr. g. Thunderclift, 6 yrs old . 3 3
Mr. Robinson's ch. m. Queen Mab,-5 yrs old . 4 4
A handsome Saddle. Heats, three times round and a distance:
Mr Wilson's b. m. - - - .1 1
Mr Storey's b. m. . - - . 2 2
Mr Parkin's ch. m. .. - . 3 3
A match for Si. betwixt Mr. Parkin's b. m. and Mr. Halll.
ley's b. m. Won by the former.
THURSDAY.
_ _ .

A Sweepstakes of 1 guinea each, with 5g s. added by the Gen-
tlemen of Wigton, for horses not thorough-bred-
Mr Strong's b. m. Fat,ny, 6 yrs old - 0 2 1 I
Mr isarton's ch. m. Miss Tipple, aged - 2 1 2dr
Mr John Hodgson's b. in. Jeanie Deans, 4 yrs old 0 3 dr
A Purse of 10/. for any Horse, &c., that never won the value

of Gill. at any one tinie (matches excepted.)
Mr. M'Minnie's ch. in. Maid of the Mill, 6 yrs old I I
Mr. Jackson's br. h. Gleaner, 6 yrs old . . 2
Mr. Atkinson's ch. h. Enterprise, 4 yrs old . - 2 ar.
A Purse of 6 sov. for the beaten horses (catch weight).
Mr. Robinson's' ch. in. Queen Mal), 5 yrs old
Mr, Barton's ch. in. Miss Tipple, aged . 2
Mr. Jackson's br. h. Gleaner, 6 yrs old . . 3

LOND(iNDERRY RACES—Mownay.
King's Plate of 100 gs—three mile heats.
Mr. Joyce's b. h. Friday - - . - 1 1
Mr. Battersby's elt. h. Irishman - - . 2 2
Maiden Hunters' Plate, 3gs p. p. added for half-bred hunters.
Ladies' Course. •
Mr. Hill's Young Benbow - . - . 1 1
Mr. Fairley's Margaret . - • m ' 2 2
T ttEgTIAlt. •
Irish Society's Plate of 6015! for Irish bred horses.—Ladies'

Course.

Mr. Ca'well's Mary Ann
Mr. llatterby's Welcome .
Mr. Savage's Lumber .
• . __ _ WEDNESDAY.

1 1
-• 2 2
- 3 tir

'Racing Stakes of lOgs each,WiCllsoalided, and 10 to the second
horse. -

Mr. Joyce's Friday - 7 . - . - I I
Mr. Irwin's Pegasus - .. - - - 2 2
Mr. Calwell's Calista fell.
. __ _ _ TH U RSDAY.

Handicap Stakes of 5 gs, 3 ft. for liunters—rae horses ad
mitted.—Ladies' Course.
Mr. Ca"[well's Calista - - -
Mr. Battersby's Irishman -
Mr. Irwin's Derry Lass

4 1 1
I 2
2 3 dr

SATURDAY.
Match for 50gs p. p. Lady's Course, was won by Mr Hill's
b. m. Lady Anne, beating Mr. Maxwell's Election.
Pony Races for a Plate given by the Right lion. Sir J. F.
11111, Bart. Once round.
Mr. Tlattersby's b. p. 1
Mr. Currey's bl. p. -
Mr. Harvey's g. p. . - bolted

ROWING MATCH BY WOMEN.
In consequence, as we are informed, of the Saltasli Ladies
having rowed in a different boat than was entered by then] tO.
be rowed at the Regatta, the prize of five soy. was considered
as not fairly won, and it was ordered by the Committee that
the prizcs,shouicl be again contended for. On Saturday last,
abOut twelve o'clock at noon, the three boats which had -before
rowed started froM the place appointed, just off the 'Two
Coves, and rowed from thence to the Cobler, across the sound
to; Barnpool, round a boat stationed there, and back to the
'.Coo Coves. The prize was won by the- same boat's crew of
Saltathera as before ; they got the start in the first place, and
kept it.during the race. The Oreston Dame, canie in last..—
( Deoonport Paper.)

COURT OF, CHANCEItY.-,,(ruli DAY.)

WARD OF COURT.

LATZ*ARD V. SCHRIEVER.

The LORD CHANCELLOR was this day attended
by the respective parties'in this cause in his pri-
vate room, when the marriage settlement was laid
before his Lordship. Some conversation took
place as to certain parts of the document, and his
Lordship in the end was pleased to make the
order, confirming the arrangement entered into,
and the parties left the Court with satisfaction. •