The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-16 00:00:00

SKETCH FOR A PETITION.

Partition for Leave to present a Petition for Leave to bring in

a Bill, &c.
We, the undersigned Sharps and Flats, hum-
bugs and Dupes, of the City of London and parts adjacent,
perceiving that the Standing Orders are never enforced, ap-
proach, &c., and humbly pray, that inasmuch as greater scope
will be afforded for our proceedings, that this our Petition may
be received as a Petition for leave to bring in any Bill or Bills
which we may contrive or devise, upon any subject or subjects
whatsoever, and at any time or times that may be most oppor-
tune, notwithstanding any adjournment, prorogation, dis-
solution, &c.
In thus approaching, &c., your humble petitioners frankly
avow the object of the measure they have in new, viz., to save
trouble, and obviate fruitless and expensive opposition : They
are aware that individuals will complain of their property being
forced from them, or depreciated, without due notice; but they
trust that the interests of the fe:c will be forced to give way to
the interests of the many. Should it be objected to your peti-
tioners that any of their plans are wild and chimerical, or that
they unjustly interfere with previously existing plans for the
public- good, they humbly submit that the period has gone by
for entertaining such considerations : and they rely upon the
enlightened policy of the present day, which holds every alter-
ation to be an improvement—and encourages every speculation
upon the wisest of all imaginable grounds, viz., that although
the adventurers may ruin themselves, they will ultimately be-
nefit the public !! ! I our humble petitioners, of course, put
out of sight the ruin which may attach to those who do not
embark in their projects, but may be affected by them !
.• your petitioners therefore pray, &c., that they may have
leave, without presenting further petitions for leave to present
petitions, &c.,—(concluding as at the commencement.)

Lisbon Gautier to the 6th inst. have arrived.—
They contain, among other things, a Decree from
the King, regulating the importation of corn, in
consequence of an official report that the corn in
the mv gazines, and what might be expected from
the provinces, was not sufficient for the consump-
tion of the capital till the next harvest. Besides
the papers, letters have come by the same mail ;
and in one of them there is an extraordinary ru-
mour of the Chamberlain of the King of Portugal
having been stabbed by Don Miguel, the King's
second son.

DEBUIRARA.—A letter has lately been received
by a gentleman in London from his correspondent
in Demerara, dated Jan. 14, 1824, in which it is
stated—" There were four Negroes executed in
George Town last week ; and one, named Sandy,
up the coast. The latter declared just before
his death, that Mr. Smith had never taught them
to rebel, and prayed that God would deliver
him from his enemies. Another Negro, named
Achilles, declared that Mr. Smith knew nothing
of the rebellion till it had broken out ; he also
said, that " religion had restrained them in this
instance," but added, " let them (the whites)
take care next time." Such an impression was
made by what he uttered, that the execution was
delayed until a messenger was sent to the Go-
vernor; but the execution took piece.

Havanna!' Papers have arrived to the Gill
of February inclusive, and letters to the 7th. ,The former
contain very little important matter ; but the lattet. bring news
from Mexico as late as the middle of January. It appears
that the British Commissioners had returned from Mexico to
Vera-Cruz, with the intelligence that they had settled the
business which was the special object of their mission, and
which it was evident could not have been of the nature
formerly surmised,—viz. to induce the Mexican authorities
to recognize the supremacy of Spain : for the Commis-
sioners, while they stated that the object of their mission
(whatever it might be) was fulfilled, announced that
Mexico had declared herself a fedral republic. As this
information is a month older than the decree which proclaimed
the new form of Government, it may be considered as an ex-
tinguisher of all the rumours which have lately been propagated
relative to the probable overthrow of the Constitutional party.

Letters from Italy say, the report gains ground
that a Congress will be held at Florence in the month of May
in the present year.
Sunday Divine Service was performed at the
King's Palace, Pall Mall, to his Majesty's House-
hold in London, by the Rev. Dr. BLOMBERG.
Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, the
Lords of his IVlajesty's Most Honourable Privy
Council, Whitehall, assembled to hear A ppeals
from Jersey, &c.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
The Duke and Duchess of Leeds, at the Clarendon Hatzl,
Bond-street, from Brighton , Sir C. and Lady Haggerstone,
at ditto, from their seat, Haggerstone, Northumberland ; the
Duchess of Hamilton and suite, at the St. George's Hotel,
Albemarle-street; the Marquis of Salisbury, from his sear,
Hatfield ; the Earl of Brecknock, at his father's (the Marquis
of Camden) house, in Arlington-street, from a tour; the
Dowager Countess of Mountnorris, at her house in Piccadilly,
froth a tour; the Honourable Colonel Henry Lygon, M.P., in
St. James's-square, from his scat in Gloucestershire; Sir 'W.
and Lady Jane Houston, and Family, in South Audley-street,
from their seat, Avisford, Sussex ; Sir C. and Lady Cockerel'
and Family, at their house in Piccadilly, froth their seat in
Gloucestershire; Sir George and Lady Nugent, and Family,
at their house in Dover-street, from their seat, Taplow, Bucks ;
Captain Sebright, at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, from Paris;
Jas. Strachy, Esq. at ditto, from Brighton.
DE PARTMIES.-Sir W. and Lady Rumhold, from the Pul-
teney Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Wake-
field, from ditto, for Brighton.

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
Emily, Marchioness of Londonderry, had a splendid party
last night, at her house in St. James's-square.
Sir Humphrey and Lady Davy entertained a distinguished
party at dinner on Sunday, at their house in Lower Grosvenor-
street.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot Horton have issued cards of invitation
for an entertainment on the 28th instant, at their house in Mon-
tague-square.

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ROSE v. OLLIER.—This was a case of breach
of promise of marriage, tried on Saturday last at the Lancaster
Assizes, in which the verdict was in favour of the plaint if,
Aliss RosE, a very amiable young lady, and the damages 4001.
It appeared that the defendant, Mr. OILIER, in the course of
his tender suit, addressed some lines to the plaintiff, which in-
duced one of the Counsel to observe, that love made men poets.
But it does not appear that love worked any such miracle on
the defendant. The first effusion of his muse was the follow-
ing, which we believe was written by Anacreon Moore :
" Oh! talk not to me of the wealth sh• posscss
My hopes and my views to herself I confine ;
The splendour of riches but slightly impresses
A heart that is fraught with a passion like mine.
By lore, only love, should our souls be cemented ;
No int'rest, no motive, but that would I own;
With her in a cottage be blest and contented ;
And wrt tched without her tho' placed on a throne."
The second were the following lines, which were written by a
Proprietor of this Paper, rind appeared in Tits Sin; about a
twelvemonth ago, addressed, to a lady of the name of the plain -
tiff, a fact not worth stating, except that it throws more light
on the character of the defendant :

To a Lady named ROSE.
Thou art a very pretty flow'r,
And fit to deck the nuptial bow'r,
Where mayst thou long on Earth be found,
And spread thine infant buds around.
. May no harsh storm thy form o'crwhelm,
Or shake thee from thy vital stem.
With Heart's-ease twin'd still mayst thou grow,
Life's garden to adorn below,
'Till hoary Time shall bid thee die,
To bloom for ever in the sky. J. T.
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