The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-03 00:00:00

ROYAL AQUATIC EXCURSION;

PORTSMOUTH, MA:4: I.—We are gratified to learn that
there is a certainty of his MAJESTY'S visiting- out port during
the summer.—His Majesty will embark in the Royal George.
the Officers of the Apollo being appointed to her, and the Of-
ficers of the Royal George have most of them other appoint-
menta. The mooring ordered to be laid down will be at Spit-
head, Cowes, and Southampton water, it being the King's in-
tention to keep in smooth water within the Wight, at the
commendation of Sir W. Knighton.

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
PRINCE EASTERIIAZr3 GRAND BALI. AND SUPPER.—.
His Excellency opened Chandos House on Thursday evening,
which was attended by upwards of three hundred distinguished
fashionable. The grand suite of drawing-room were thrown
open ; the principal one was appropriated for dancing, the
floor was fancifully chalked, it was most brilliantly illuminated,
and was decorated with numerous pots of flowers. Dancing
commenced about eleven o'clock. The supper, which con-
sisted of every. delicacy, was prepared in the grand dining par-
lour. The wines and dessert were of the choicest description.
The company did not break up till half-past five yesterday
morning; among them were, the Foreign Ministers, his Royal,
Highness Prince Leopold, Duke and Duchess of Leinater,
Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Ladies Pagett Marchioness
of Lansdown, Duke of Devonshire, Marchioness Conynghain
and Lady E Conyngharn, Countess of Harrowby and Ladies
Ryder, Duke of Wellington, Lord Granville, Lord and Lady
Morpeth and Misses Howard, Duchess of Montrose, and Ladies
Graham, Countess Cowport, Sir Joseph Copley and Miss Cop..
ley, Lady Ellenborough and Miss Law, Earl of Fife, Sir Wm.
Elliot, ,ountess Bathurst, Lord Gwydyr, Lady Macfarlane,
Lord Alvanley, Lady E. Campbell, Lord A. Hill, Duchess of
Wellington, Marquis Graham, Mr. Heathcote, Lord Palmer.
stone, Sir G. Talbot, Mr. Howard, &c.
The Earl of Lansdale gave and elegant entertainment on
Thursday, at his house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, to
the Duke of Montrose, Marquis of Camden, Lord Lowther,
Sir G. and Lady Beaumont, Lord F. Bentinck, Sir H. and
Lady Davy, Sir C. and Lady Long, Sir A. Hume, Bart., Mr.
and Lady Ann Bagot, Mr. and Lady Caroline Pawlet, Mr.
Hebre, Mr. Tomlin, Mr. 'Warren, &c.

ARTISTS• GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITU-
TION.
The Ninth Annual Dinner, in support of this
truly excellent Institution, took place yesterday in FreentasusW
Ball. The Earl of LivEnpoot. wat in the Chair, and several
other Noblemen and Gentlemen filled the upper table. The
other tables were also fully occupied by Gentlemen of well-
known talents in Literature and the Fine Arts. We
-regret

that our limits preclude us from entering into particulaN.—
The Earl of LIVERPOOL briefly, but forcibly, touched on the
importance of the Fine Arts in a national point of view, and
warmly recommended this Institution to the patronage of the
Company, and of the Public in general. Lord Pomni ET,
Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, and other distinguished persons,
expressed similar sentiments. Among the toasts were—The
King with four times four. The loyal Anthem was then sung.
The Duke of York and the Army, followed. Then the Duke '
of Clarence and the Navy. The Duke of Sussex, the Patron of
the Institution ; the Royal Family in general ; the Earl of
Liverpool. All these toasts were given with three times three.
The Noble Lord again rose to thank the company, and repeated
his recommendation of the Institution. The Artists General
Benevolent Institution was among the toasts that of course were
received with peculiar applause. Sir Thomas Lawrence and the
Royal Academy, followed, and that Gentleman, in a zealous
yet modest speech, expressed his thanks for the honour, spoke
with zeal in favour of the Institution, and promised his warm
support of it during life. These toasts were likewise received
with three times three. Other toasts were given, and equally
well received, but we have not room for detag.—The most
agreeable part of our duty is to state, that the contributions of
the company present, before the Noble Chairman left the
room, amounted to upwards .of 6441. After the Earl
of Liverpool left the Chair, Mr. TURNER, It. A. wax
unanimously called on to fill it. He obeyed the universal
desire, and kept up the good humour and conviviality of the
Meeting. Mr. SoANE, who is never wanting, or rather who is
always prompt on occasions of benevolence, and who hapre-
viously subscribed, then addressed the Chair, and statetUhat he
had a contribution to present in a purse, given by four Ladies,
who were zealous for thr welfare of the Society, but whose
names motives of delicacy would not permit him to mention.
The purse contained twenty guineas, and after It was ernp-
tied by the Treasurer, Mr. Soane retained it as a relique
of female delicacy and benevolence. In the course of the
evening the health of Mr. Young, the Honorary Secretary,
was given, and also that of Mr. Denham, the auditor, and r.-
ceived with warm and well-merited applause, as they are both
zealous supporters of the Institution, and have eminently con-
tributed to its welfare by their respective exertions. The
Gallery was filled with Ladies, who seemed 'highly gratified
with the general entertainment, and they also were the subject
of a toast with three times three. Messrs. Ilaoanu tinter,
TAYLOR, PARRY, and other professional Gentlemen, enter-
tained the company with songs, glees, &c. with instrumental
accompaniments .of the flageolet and pianoforte. We have
seldom attended any public occasion equally calculated to do
honour to the human character, and we cannot conclude this
brief statement of a high intellectual and convivial banquet,
better than by the oft-repeated, but admirable and applicable
lines of Dr. Joirwsox :
" Hence then shall calm reflection bless the night,
When liberal Pity dignified delight,
When Pleasure hr d her torch at Virtue's flame,
And Mirth was Bounty with an humbler name."

ANOVER•SQUA RE Rooms.—Mr.W.K'NYVETT'S
annual Concert in these Rooms was last night well attended, as
might be expected from his private worth and professional
merit. Mr. VAUGHAN was unable to attend on account of a
severe hoarseness, and Miss PATON continued to be too much
indisposed to assist on the occasion. The whole was well
selected, and was performed with so much correctness, taste,
and judgment, as to afford a fine Musical treat. We have not
room for particular notice, but we must add, that there was a
very agreeable intermixture of Vocal and Instrumental ex-
cellence.

ARGYLL Rooms.—A novel Entertainment was
last night
_presented to the public at the these Rooms. Mr.
PUILIPE PISTAUCCT, whose reputation for reciting Exienl..,.
poraneous Poetry is great even in the country which gave birth
to this species of amusement, highly gratified a numerous audi-
tory in the capacity of Improvisatore. Mr. PisTituccr is, we
believe, the first of his profession who has visited this country.
Ile is a bold declaimer, and appears to possess considerable
aptitude for the task whichi he undtrtakes. The first subject
on which he declaimed at some length, and in a succession or
pleasing versification, was Orestes. As he proceeded, he sp..,
peared to catch enthusiasm from the subject, and displayed
with much force the different passions of remorse, rage, and
despair, which alternately agitated the heart of the parricide.
Our limits will not allow us to follow the Improvisatore through
the various subjects which were proposed by the company, but
we, should particularly, notice the description of Ugotino in the
Dilingeon He acknowledged the difficulty of treating this sub-
ject after the able versification of DANTE, but as he proceeded
his difficulties sunk before him, he appeared animated by a
poetic furor, and rendered ample justice to the subject by the
able expression of his conceptions on this terrific story. Duets,
Trios, &c. by CA.sIPORESE, DE BE G N is, and other performers
from the King's Theatre, agreeably diversified this entertain
meat, of which we may anticipate a repetition, as front the
gratification which the audience appeared to derive from the
efforts of Mr. Pis'ritucci., we have every reason to suppoffe
that his success will be proportionate to his merit.

It being generally understood that his
JESTY was so much better, the inquiries ceased
yesterday.
Yesterday morning the Duchess of CLARENCE
went to Kensington on a visit to the Duchess of
KENT.

lIIRT/L--At his Royal Illghness the thtkoof C nr,NMM'S,
Bushy Park, this morning, at live o'clock, the Countess of
ERROLL, of awn and heir.
We are enabled to contradict the rumour which
has been so industriously circulated respecting
the amount of property left by the late Mr.
NowxiNs, It. A. It is not true that he died
possessed of 300,0001. ; his property is estimated
at 150,0001., and the statement of the Legacy'of
50,0001., said to have been left to his MAJ EST Y
is equally without foundation.

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THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the Morning iPaper's, May 3.

[THE TimEs.]
It is not often that we meddle with Court
politics, the politics of nations constituting, ge-
nerally, a subject of sufficient importance to
occupy our whole attention, and seize that of
the reader ; but there is so curious a story now
in circulation, that we must repeat it, and add a
remark or two of our own upon the supposed
facts which it relates. It is said, then, that not
only was M. Marcellus received with marks of
particular condescension at the Levee last Mon-
day week, but that the sincerest good wishes
were expressed for the success of the Bourbon
enterprise against Spain. 64 Tell your Master, I
44 wish him success with all my heart: he has
my best wishes," or other words to that effect
being used. Now we do not believe this
story ; but what we should have to say upon it
if it were true, would be, that it would prove
the mind of the speaker to be in such a state, as
must give much more sorrow and uneasiness to
the people of England, than the gout, or any
other bodily complaint, however severe, in the
same person : for it must be observed, that the
'wish here expressed is directly opposite, not
only to that of every Minister whom the King
retains in,his service from his supposed approba-
tion of their views, but also to that of every
other person in the kingdom possessing a sound
judgment . and how could such a degree of ec-
centricity be accounted for upon ordinary
principles ? Besides, what could the barren
ish of even a King of England avail in such a
case ? Surely, then a man in a right condition
of mind, and occupying an elevated station,
would have concealed the useless longing ; or
if it had escaped from his lips, he would only
have trusted it in some confidential bosom, not,
proclaimed it where it was heard alike by friend
and foe. Let no one exult in his intellectual
attainments, or triumph in the ascendancy of his
genius, for he knows not how soon these advan-
tages may be taken from him. Good God ! who
would have . thought it ?—that the man who, in
his youth, boasted that he had imbibed the poli-
fleal principles of Charles Fox, should seem in
his old age to have taken the Duke of Bucking.
ham for his instructor! or at least should be re.
presented as uttering sentiments which he alone)
of all the English people, possesses in common
with that liberal•minded Peer! No: the story
must be a calumny : we once more avow, that we
do not believe it.

[MORNING POST.]
We have authority to state, that there is not
the slightest, foundation fur the unwarrantable
insinuation in one of the Papers relative to the
sentiments of a High Illustrious Personage on
the subject of the present contest between France
and Spain.

T my.S .1
A still further advance took place yesterday
in'almost every description of, funded property.
Consols opened at 77j, and closed at 781 ; for
which there appears no other cause than those
which we alluded to yesterday, namely, the nego-
tiations between the two contending Powers, and
the termination of all fear of this country being
involved in the contest. The purchases made
yesterday were very extensive.—Spanish Bonds
under every circumstance continue to rise, and
even to maintain their advanced prices with firm-
ness. They opened yesterday morning at 311.1
and closed at 331 i, exclusive of the Dividend.
All other Securities have in like manner improved.

PlttiS.]
Never was munceuvring more apparent than in
the late important debate in the Lower House.
The Foreign Mini'ger was silent during two
rights of invective against his politics, and only
rose at a late hour on the third,at the provocation
of Lord Folkestone, and when he found it impos-
sible to hold back any longer. It was known that
en this occasion Mr. Brougham and the Minister
were pitted against each other; the great con-
test between them and the parties who naturally
supported them was, who should address the •
House last, and thus take from his adversary
the power of reply. The Ministerial Benches
feared the caustic, vehement invective of Mr.
Brougham, and they wished Mr Canning to close
the debate and conciliate the House by the whole
force of his eloquence. 'f he Foreign Secretary,,
however, was obliged to rise, and he spoke against
time : he was eloquent and impressive in the earlier
parts of his speech, but be spoke for 3 hours ; he
did so occupy the Ilouse, to exhaust its attention,
and break in on Mr. Brougham ; and the whole
latter part of Ids address was unconnected and
weak. But he succeeded In his object. It was
two hours after midnight when he sat down, and
Mr. Brougham rose, after two o'clock. in ill
health, exhausted, and to an exhausted House,
on one of the most important subjects that ever
occupied its attention. We will not say Mr.
Brougham's reply was one of his greatest efforts ;
it was physically impossible it could he so. He
complained of illness. Ile looked ill; and,
though in the best health, three nights protracted
sittings must have wearied and worn out both
him and his auditors, and he therefore rose under
deep disadvantages. Yet when he rallied at
intervals, and rose with his subject, he was most
powerful and eloquent.

EMOUNINO CiIItONICLE4
By a letter this day received from Spain we
ream that the French have put the town of Vit-
toria: under contribution of 5000/. sterling, not.
wit`hstanding all their promises to the contrary.
(This is paying in good earnest for all they may
require for their troops.) That the male part of
the inhabitants retire from the towns and villages
into the mountains, but do not join the F rench,
-neither do the French find the strong places
give up to them as they expected ; come.
quently they have now a task, to perform
which they little anticipated, arising from the
failure in their attempt to bribe the Gover-

nors of St. Sebastian's, Pampeluna, Figueras,
Barcelona and Saragossa. This failtire places
ihe whole French army in a very hazardous
situation, and accounts for Moncey and Mollitor
not being up in line on the Ebro, as they must
be in great danger if Barcelona and Figueras
are not in their hands before they form on the
line of of the Ebro. If they oblige Mina to re-
tire, he will of course join Ballasteros, and fell
back into the Mountains, and very much harrass
the advanced guard of the French army. The
forces of Mina and Ballasteros can be little short of
50,000. Our Correspondent adds, that in every
view the French Army must be in great danger
unless they get possession of these strong places
before they advance farther, and that if they
either mask or attack them, their whole force
must be engaged ; that they have not heavy ar-
tillery for the .siege, nor can they subsist horses
(to bring it up), in addition to those required for
the army, and that nothing can enable them to suc-
ceed but a rising of the provinces, which they have
at present no chance of. We have good reason to
give credit to our informant, who has the means
of judging. Should the French find these diffi-
culties too formidable for their army, the Rus:
sian and Austrian armies will immediately
march to their assistance, which must 'of
course bring on a general war in Europe, and pro-
bably Revolution in France. We understand the
Cortes are confident of success ; indeed no man
acquainted with Spain doubts it, if the nation does
not join the French. At present no such feeling
or disposition has shown itself, and should it not
be manifested in a week or two, we believe
the French nation will have to repent their rash
enterprise of its Government. It is evident,
from the French not having provided besieging
ordnance, that they had calculate on the imme-
diate surrender of the garrisons in their march to
Madrid. Of this hope they are now bereft ;
and should they go on they must expose them-
selves to the most imminent danger, having no
strong post to retire on. All military men (con-
sidering the nature of the country) look at this
attempt to conquer Spain as the most rash
imaginable, which nothing less than a genera,
assurance of a junction of nearly the whole popu-
lation of Spain could justify.

[MORNING HERALD.]
,
There can be, little doubt that the narratives
of outrages in the South of Ireland, given in the
Irish Papers, are somewhat, perhaps even consi-
derably, exaggerated. They appear for the
most,. on the face of them, to be written by the
suffering parties, who must be naturally dispoSed
to overcharge the truth—not only from their
situation as sufferers, but because their losses
are made good to them by levies on the
district ; and because spirited or successful re-
sistance has becotrie a recommendation to police
appointments; according to the condition of the
party. There is, however, enough of clear and
unquestionable truth to show that the outrageous
and systematic destruction of property has been
revived to a melancholy extent. This renewal
of outrages has been regarded with surprize.—
The wonder, hoWever, would be if the evil had
so .suddenly ceased. It is not all at once that
those effectS can be eradicated or subdued, which
have proceeded from a disorganized and vitious
state of social and political society during a long
period of time. There can be no doubt that the
impulses and moral feelings of the lapouring pea-
santry Iwo great part of Ireland are greatly de-
based, and, it one may use the expression, in.
humanized. But still it is not to be believed
that any thing short of the extreme of
wretchedness would drive them into the course
of atrocity and desperation that krevails.--;-
The traits of, hardened, if not ferocious des-
peration, recorded in the Irish journals, of
several of these victims of their crimes', show
that not only the lesser severities of the law, but
death itself,' has lost its terrors for. them--7 A-ci-
rcumstance .of itself sufficient to prove how
wretched is their condition. We are not, how-
ever, without better hopes of improvement, and
not very remotely, even in the most disturbed
parts of Ireland. qur expectations are chiefly'
founded upon the language and conduct held at
length by the landlords. They complain that,
though they have lately shown every:indulgence
to the poor—remitting rents, and leaving tenants
in possession who pay them nothing, yet the
lawless syktem of outrage and destruction aims
at nothing short of takiiig from them all con-
troul over their property. If they exact
even greatly reduced rents, or eject a tenant,
upon however reasonable grounds, they are
marked out as victims for depredation and
massacre. This is a horrible truth. But, at
the same time, this sudden indulgence, evi-
dently the effect-of terror—and the culprits well
know this—cannot all at once seem a torrent ofo
retributive evil which has been so long gathering.
The great object of these law less associations is to
resist the payment of rents and processes of eject-
ment—and why ? Because the landlords screwed
up their rents, and abused the right of ejectment,
until the Misery resulting became intolerable.
,Their eyes at' length became' open. They find
that, in attempting to gain too much, they have
gained nothing. It is probable that an expe-
rience so dreadfully severe
.will have the effect
Of making them more indulgent, more liberal,
more just and wise. If it' should prove so, -4
great aMelioration in the habits of the people
may be confidently expected. It is the prin-
cipal, if not the only source of improvement
and tranquility. It cannot he too strongly im-
pressed, upon the landlord's, that this horribly
visitation, however guilty, is the natural re-
action of their abuse of their,power—if, for no
ether reason, than to prevent their relapsing into
the old system of unfeeling severity and exaction.'

THE DISCOVERY.—A gentleman praising the.
personal charms of a very plain woman before Foote, the latter
whispered him, " And why don't you lay claim to such an
accomplished beauty ?" " What right have I to her ?" said
the other. " Every right by the law of nations, as thejlast
discoverer !".,
An important trial," Lessee O'Hara v. O'Hara,"
which occupied four days, has been decided in the Court of
King's Beoch, Dublin, by a verdict for the defendant; thereby
confirming his tide to the Crebilly estate,
_in the county of Au.
trim, which yields 3,0001. a year ; and upon the expiration of
the present leases is expected to let for double that sum.