The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-20 00:00:00

THE RING.

WINDSOR, Manor 19.—Last evening his 3laoss•rr haA
a large party to dinner, among whom were—The Princess Au-
gusta, Duke of York, Duke of Dorset, Lord St. Helen's, Lord
and Lady Maryborough, Marquis, Marchiones's, Lord Francis,
and Lady Elizabeth Conyngharn, Lord Palmerston, Sir E.
Nagle, and Colonel Thornton.—The band of the Royal Horse
Guards were in attendance, and played several delightful pieces
during the evening.—This morning, at ten o'clock, his Ma-
jesty left Windsor in his travelling carriage for London, escorted
by a party of Royal Horse Guards. His Majesty will return
to the Castle this evening, and entertain a large party at dinner.
—The Duke of York has taken his departure.—The Duke of
Dorset left this morning, but will return again this evening.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
Admiral Sir Charles Paget, at Weybridge House, from Ports-
mouth ; 14e Marquise de Choiseul, at the Pulteuey Hotel,
Albemarle-street, from Paris; Colonel Macguire, at the St.
Petersburgh Hotel, Dover-street, from Ireland ; Ralph
Richards, Esq. and family, at ditto, from Brighton; Hon.
Capt. George Elliott, R.N. at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-
square, from Scotland ; the Dowager Countess of St. Germans
and family, at Mizard's.Hotel,-Lowerilrook-street; Captain
Humphreys, at Longs Hotel,. Bond-street, from Chatham ;
James Macdonnell, Esq. at ditto, from Scotland ; T. A.
Campbell, Esq. at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street ; Andrew
Hamilton, Esq. and Mrs. Hamilton, at. ditto; J. Brandram,
Esq. and Mrs. Brandram, at ditto.
DEPAnTunts—The Karl of Dartmouth, for his mother's
(the Countess of Dartmouth) seat at Blackheath; J. Brodrick,
Esq. from the Pulteney Hotel, for Belvoir-castle; Capt. Rose,
R.N., from ditto, for Portsmouth ; General Fuller, from
iVarren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Versailles ; Gen. Cockburn,
from Nerot's Hotel, for Cheltenham; Colonel Hughes, from
ditto; the Hon. Capt. Montague, from ditto.

. .
BATH.—Arrived since our`last'—.The Dowager Lady Bich°,
Sir W. and Lady Roberts and family, Sir Paul Baghott, Sir
Andrew Cathcart, Admiral and Mrs. Peard, Major-Gen. Ashe,
Colonel Fester, Colonel Waters, Major Bowen, Major Jones,
Major Gramme, Captain and Mrs. Jones,• Captains Arrow,
flasings, Huntley, St. Ledger, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Cook, Rev.
Mr. and Mrs. Huntley, Rev. Messrs. Dudley, Eyre, 11. C.
Ord, C. Ph::lips, Pettingall, Probyn, D. Stone, it. Ward,
White.

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
Yesterday Dowager Lady Rodney entertained at dinner, at
her house in Harley-street, the Earl and Countess of Essex,
the Earl and Countess of Powis, Earl Somers, the Earl of Ox-
ford and Mortimer, J. Ord and Lady Harley, Lady Boyd, Lord
Ilotham, Mr. and Mrs. Bragg, Mr. and Mrs. Hanburv, Mr.
Arkwright, Miss Cornwall, Mr. and Mrs. Foley, Mr. ftodney
Harley, and the two Misses Owen.
The Marquis of Lansdown-had another dinner party yester-
day at Lansdown House Berkeley.square.
The Marquis of Cholmondeley entertained a distinguished
party at dinner yesterday, at Cholmondeley House, Piccadilly.
Sir R. 'Wigram, Bart. gave a ball and supper yesterday
evening, at his seat, Walthamstow House, Essex.
The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury had a select party
at dinner yesterday, at her house in Arlington-street.
Viscount Hampden bad a grand dinner party yesterday, at
his house in Green-street, Grosvenor-square.
A Stanhope, Esq. had a dinner party yesterday, at his house
n Tilney-street.

It is rumoured in the fashionable circles that a very young
usical Gentleman (Professor of a delightful and elegant in•
strument to an Illustrious Personage) will shortly lead to the
hymeneal altar, a lovely, accomplished, and wealthy heiress.

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company were
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PARISIAN F URNITURE.Mr• ROBINS has for
g
the two last nights opened his rooms for an illuminated exhi-
biton of Parisian furniture, 01-02"1" tnechanism, Dresden,
of taste, beauty,
Porcelain, Ivory carving, precious stones, and other articles of
great beauty, rarity, and value. _ Tickets were most liberally
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Mu. Tile.r.wA T.l..—The fourth Lecture, lust
marks on the adaptation of the manner of reciting, according to
night, at the Haymarket
the nature of the composition, and which the Lecturer illus.
Theatre, introduced a few re-
tale altered from ALLAN' R.tus.ty.
trated by reciting STERN-Vs Captive, and The Stammerer, a
He took occasion to
animadvert on the character of ST He
and the mischievous
tendency of his Sentimental Journey.
not view that work with so much severity. It was original in
conception, and is very amusing in perusal. STERNE'S
life was certainly not • marked with the decorum which
.. 'We confess that we do
his works, occasionally too 'lee, even if from a Layman,
ought always to characterize
tree,
Ecclesiastical calling, but
chiefly tend to excite benevolent
alrections when his humour
• and imagination did not lead him into scenes of a ludicrous de-
scription. His works are seasoned by learning and genius, and
will therefore keep with our language. The Stammerer is a
htimourous tale, and Mr. THELwAr.r, after a brief notice of
the history of the author, ALLAN itAstsAY,
praise of The Gentle Shepherd, as spoke with high
one of the best pastoral
Dramas that had ever been written ill an language. The
lecture then turned upon the three parts of yt he Sixth,
and in discoursing upon these Mr. T. dilatedH
on enr
the character
of the Duke of York, the father of Richard 111., and after.
particularly on the patch-
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pulpaoynatshaitiottheacltaetdte,r,cdoiwneplillienag
by
COLLET CIBBER.
We think that Mr. T. is rather too hard upon old COLLEY.
who has collected the several traits in Richard's character, and
brought them forward in uniform consistency in his dramatic
compilation. Where CIBBER unnecessarily changed the langu age
of SHAKESPEARE, hehas weakened the sentiment—for CIBBEIL
was not a Poet; but he possessed wit and humour, and
understood dramatic mechanism as well as most playwrights.
After several recitations the Lecturer concluded with an inti-
mation that he should extend his comparative estimate of
SHAKESPEARE'S Richard the Third, anti the motley mixture
of COLLEY GIBBER, SS well, as comment on the merits of the
several representatives of the character from the time of GAR-
Rick. He stated that he saw that great actor perform only
once, and that he was very young at the time, but that be had
such an impression of his excellence as formed a nucleus or basis,
which enabled him in some degree to judge and to apply his recol-
lection to subsequent performers. Mr. T. certainly possesses a
memory of extraordinary retention, but if he really retains such
a vivid recollectionof GARRICK, as forms a criterion to estimate
the merit of others, we cannot but feel surprise at his warm
eulogium on an actor, whose popularity may be considered as
one of the Wonders of the Age. The audience was more nu-
merous than before, and the applause prompt and abundant.

Prince LEOPOLD left town yesterday afternoon
for Claremont. His Royal Highness honoured
Covent-garden Theatre with his presence on
Thursday evening.
A letter from Sir JOHN DOYLE, of the Royal
George steam-vessel, at Seville, dated jth of February, has been
received at Lx.ovp's, wherein he mentions having sold his ves-
sel at that place. The Royal George, we understand, is sold
to a Committee of Spanish Merchants.
It is stated in a letter from Paris, dated Wed-
nesday, that peace had been concluded between Persia and the
Grand Sultan. Lord STRANGFORD is said in the same letter
to have had a long interview with the Reis-Effendi, and to have
received from him assurances of the evacuation of the provinces
on the Danube.
It will be remembered that when RIEGo was
taken prisoner in Spain, there was with him an
Englishman named MATTHEws, who held a re-
gular Commission from the Constitutional Go-
vernment ; of this individual we heard nothing
since his arrest with RIEGO. It now appears,
from the letter of a respectable inhabitant of
Madrid, to an eminent house in the City, that
he has been for months in solitary confinement,
exposed to all the cruelties and horrors which
refined malignity could invent, and that he was
at one time kept without food in his dungeon for
53 hours.

POETRY.

IMPROMPTU.

TO ► NEW4.IARIIIED PAIR.
Through life, to make your union dear,
Be always open and sincere ;
Let all your actions only tend
To prove each other's firmest friend.
Scorn ev'ry sordid view cf pelf,
And be to each another self:
Let Reason still your conduct guide,
And be to pleare your only pride.
Let not a thought pass through the mind
But what is faithful, just, and kind ;
So mry you live in blissful love,
And be united when above.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OZFonD, MARCH 19.—Yesterday, March 18, the Rev •
John Barnes Bourne, of Trinity College, and the Rev. John
Hunt, of St. Alban Hall, were admitted M. A.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

The Rev. Jarri-esHartley.Dunsford, of Wadham College,
in this University, has been instituted to the Rectory of Fre-
theme, Gloucestershire, on his own petition, as l'atron thereof.
The Rev. Richard Fortescue Purvis, Clerk, has been pre-
sented by John Child Purvis, Esq. of Vicar's Hill House,
Hams, (an Admiral in his lajesty's Royal Navy,) to the
Vicarage of Whitsbury, Wilts, vacant by the death of Henry
Longden, Clerk.
The Rev. Edward Butt, to the Rectory of Tolle: Fratrum,
Dorset, vacant by the death of the Rev. George Froome; pa-
tron, Fras. J. Browne, Esq.
The Rev. Charles Tookey, B.A. to the Rectory of Odding-
ley, Worcestershire, on the presentation of the Right lion.
Lord Foley. .
The Rev. Benjamin Pope, Minor Canon of St. George's
Chapel, Windsor, to the Vicarage of Nether Stowey, Somerset-
shire, on the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Keate.
Ths Rev. T. Harrison, A.M. to the Rectory and Pariah
Church of Thorpe .:llorieux, Suffolk; patron, J. H. Harrison,
Esq. of Copferd, Hall, Essex.
The Rev. R. Rose, A.M. to the Rectory of Frenze, Nor-
folk ; patron, J. Smith Esq.
The-Rev. Windsor Richards, to the Living of St. Nicholas,
Glamorganshire.
The Rev. Robert Nicholl, to the Rectory of Lanmac, Gla-
morganshire.

ORATORIO, COVENT-GARDEN.—The oratorial
performance of last night included the repetition
of the Abbe STADLER'S "Jerusalem Delivered,"
and a variety of detached pieces. The general
excellence was calculated to support the able Di-
rector's well-earned reputation for taste and
judgment. The new Oratorio, partly ou account
of its own merit, but more, perhaps, because it
was so well sustained by the ever-admirable
powers of BRAHAM, SAFIO, and Miss PATON was
again favourably received. Among the raised-
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!animus attractions of the evening were Miss
STEPHENS'S and Miss G 000.at.r.'s " Hear my
Prayer, from KENT; Miss PATON'S 6' 0 magnify
the Lord," SINCLAIR'S " Lord remember David,"
Mr.. SA PI 'S 44 Gratias agimus," Miss ST E
PH ENS'S " Let me wander not unseen," and
Luther's hymn, by Ba.t.u.tas,—every one of
which was given with a degree of pathos nod
skill that enchanted their hearers, and drew
down the loudest applauses. To this
we have to
add, the beautiful Irish melody of " 0 the mi-
ment was sad," given with the sweetest simpli-
city by Miss STEPHEN!) the ballad of " Kelvin
Grove," sung with the most chaste and touching
pathos by BRAIIAM, and 44 The Soldier tied,"
warbled forth by Miss PATON with a point dis-
tinctiveness and volubility of execution, sufficient
to entitle her to the reputation of a first-rate
vocal performer, even were that finely-florid
bravura the only melody she could sing. The
Overture to The Magic Flute was so ably exe-
cuted, that could the too-long-departed MozAnT
have heard it, he would have felt his own native.
enthusiasm invigorated by his own music. Mrs.
SALMON'S " Cease your funning," variegated by
the decorative talents of BocnsA, and S A PIO and
SINCLAIR'S Duet of 44 Che al mit) belle," were
too excellent and effective to be silently passed
by-in an account of as rich an evening's treat for
a numerous and tasteful audience as we ever
witnessed.

TniEsTR, FEB. 13.—The importance of Mis-
solunghi is now more fully appreciated than ever. Since the
i raising of the blockade, a Greek corps has entered t, and this
fort, abundantly supplied with ammunition and, provisions, bat
become the most important place of arms of New Greece. It
contains a reserve of artillery, consisting of cannon sent by the
P rovisional Greek Government of the West, and those bought
hi. the adjacent countries, or sent by the Philhellenes. Notwith-
standing the bad weather, workmen are employed in repairing
and extending the fortifications, in order to secure the place
against a coup-de-main or a regular siege. Large sums are ex-
pected for this purpose.
134.5 LE, 3.—The city of Lucerne ha;
done itself honour by a remarkable act of toleration. The city
is inhabited by Catholics, who alone enjoy the public exercise
of their religion ; the few Protestants do not enjoy it, and
their dead have hitherto been buried without any funeral at.
tendance. Some of the Catholics, disapproving of this intole-
rance, resolved to put an end to it, and the Members of the
Government consented. This Resolution was carried into cffeet
on the death of a lace-maker, a Protestant, born in Saxony.
Matters were arranged to give him a brilliant funeral, at which
the majority of the inhabitants of Lucerne, almost all Catho-
lics, attended. M. Muller, the principal Catholic Clergyman
of Lucerne, one of the most enlightened minin Switz-rland,
followed, and delivered at the grave a discourse suitable to the
THE Alis3toNAtty.—By the Lail-
occasion, which was generally approved.
iv SaCI
H T
arrived at Liverpool froarbadoes, ad-
vises rlereiLl
ceiiveldGfrom Brom thence to the 14th ult., when the colony
caster,aV
was perfectly tranqail. Intelligence had reached there of the
death of Mr. Smith the Missionary at Demerara, on the 6th
of February—an event that has been for some time past ex-
pected, owing to his protracted illness The following account.
of it is extracted from the Barbadocs Mercury of the 14th ult. :
" Demerara, Feb. 6.—Died this morning, at 20 minutes past
one o'clock, in the Colonial jail, where he had been confined as
a state-prisoner since the '26th of November last, on the ter-
ruination of his trial by general court-martial, on a charge of
high treason, sentence thereon having been transmitted to his
Majesty for his final decision, John Smith, Missionary. Ile
had been in a poor state of health, and had medical advice, for
a considerable time previous; and since he took seriously ill,
about 3 weeks ago, has been attended regularly by skilful
physicians. We are happy to state, by personal inquiry and
inspection, that this unfortunate man had the utmost attention
and kindness shewn to him by the humane keeper of the prison
(Mr. Padmore) all the time of his confinement. His apartment
was airy and commodious; and he had always at his command
every comfort which his taste fancied, or his necessities re-
quired. He has left a widow to deplore his fate and lament his
105,5."

On Tuesday last, Major SAmucr, MAXWELL,
of Charleville, lodged in the Ordnance Store, at Cork, one
hundred and eighty-three stand of arms, collected by him in
that district.—(Dublin Evening Post, March H.)
The Dublin Papers of Tuesday and Wednes-
day, received yesterday, contain the details of the trial of
George TVeir, a po/icernan' charged with the wilful murder of
John Smith, at the late Cavan election. The prisoner was
acquitted.
Mn. CONNOLLY.—A Petition has been drawn
up by Mr. NOEL, the Solicitor, and is now in a
course of signature ; already nearly one thousand
signatures are attached to it, most of them are
Officers of the Army, who have known Mr. CON..
NOLLY for a long series of years, and bear testi-
mony to his general good conduct.

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