The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-29 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

April 27, T. Rose, Cape Royale, Regent-street, Pall-mall,
wine-merchant—April 21, S. Holland and T. S. Williams,
Liverpool, merchants—April 3, S. Wagstaff and T. Baylis,
Kidderminster, carpet-manufacturers—April 20, J. and J.
Hawkins, Nottingham, timber-merchants—April 19, E. Skil-
ler, Rochester, victualler—April 17, S. Humphreys, Charlotte..
street, Portland-place, merchant—April 17, J. Hopwood,
Chancery-lane, bill-broker—April 3, C. Vere, Cloth-fair, wool-
len-draper—April 17, J. S. Wilcox and T. Titterton, Theo-
bold's-road, lied Lion-square, coach-makers—April 20, E.
Martyn, Taunton, druggist—April 19, W. Burraston, Worces-
ter, hop-merchant—April 27, J. Barlow, Merton, millwright,
April 13, R. Ritchie and J. Bigsby, Deptford, brewers.

CERTIFICATES, APRIL 17.
T. Alexander, Chiswell- street, Finsbury-square, stable-
keeper—T. Davids, Kennington-Oval, Surrey, brass-founder—
W. Belling, Exeter, druggist —J. Mouat, Lower-Mauna-
street, ale-dealer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
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Seth Barber, of Hempnall, Norfolk, and John Barber, of
Norwich, grocers—Thomas Firth and Joseph Marsden, of
Causeway-in-Warley, Halifax, Yorkshire, inaltsters—Thos.
Baker, and Levy Hanby ithead, of Newcastle-under-Lyme,
and of Longport, Staffordshire, timber merchants—John Eames,
Edward Sherman, and John Bovill, of the Bull-and-Mouth
Inn, Bull and Mouth-street, coach-masters—Richard Parr,
Jane Oglethorp, and John Hutton, of Liverpool, linen-drapers
—Edward Hall and Geo. Hilbert, of Manchester, coal-dealers
—Geo. Finlay and Henry Patterson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
wine-merchants--John Chas. Durand and E. Richardson, of
Threadneedle-street—John Richardson' Joseph Fisher, and
Edw. William Lake, of Bury-street, St. James's, attornies—.
Charles Moore and Stephen Fenner, of Gnildford-street-East,
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tholomew Dawes and Richard Newton, of Carlisle-street, Soho-
square, cabinet-makers—Wm. Henry Lloyd and Henry Hol-
land Duffill, of Gravel-lane, Christchurch, Surrey, auctioneers
--Richard Allen, of Stratford, Essex, chemist, and John
White, of Parson's-green. Middlesex, grocer—Samuel Gar-
rard and Win. Tayler, of Upper East Smithfield; stationers—
Philip Humphreys and John Turner, of Horsham, Sussex,
grocers--Wm. Garnham and John Johnson, of Lower White-
cross-street, iron-founders—John 'Antal and Thomas Tootai,
of Wakefield, Yorkshire, corn-factors—Wm. Scott, Edmund.
Henry Waller, and John Brooking, of Bristol, ship-builders—
Oliver Foster and Thomas Harding, of St. Martin's-lane, boot-
makers—F. Dubuisson and H. Rougemont, of Mincing-lane.
sworn-brokers—John Moorhonse and Jonathan Bennison, of
Manchester, land-surveyors—John Clarkson, jun. and Benj.
Lawrence Clarkson, of Wakefield, Yorkshire, scribblers—
Charles Whitham, _Thomas Cutler, Benjamin Royston, and
John Damms, of Sheffield, saw-manufacturers—Lancelot Has-
lope and Joseph Watson, of Leadenhall-street, ship-brokers--
William Massey and John Goodier, of Warrington, Liana,'
shire, timber.mershants.

A LASCO Tragedy, in Five Acts. By MARTIN ARCHER
SITEE, Esq. it. A. excluded from the Stage by the autho-
rity of the LORI) CHAMBERLAIN.
The rejection of a Play written by Mr. SHEE,
who rnay,fairly rank with the best Poets of the
day, is a circumstance to give attraction to any
work from his hand, independently of the
poetical merits which it might be expected to
contain. We have read the work with great
pleasure, and highly as we respect. the, genius
and taste of Mr. Coestaar, we confess- we are
-surprised that he should have proposed the
anppreSsion of several of_ the passages which
the Author has particularized' -its the printed
• copy by Italics. If there are many passages in
the Play of a republican tendency, -there are full
as many, if not more, that are purely- loyal and
patriotic. Loyalty and patriotism are placed in
t'ae proper light, and with the most animated
• effect in the character of 'Wu/gingham. The part
erf Blasco, the hero of the Piece, is that of a true
Patriot, who would support, at the utmost hazard,
tall wise and just authority, and not " pluck the
muzzle .of restraint" from the unthinking multi-
tude. The sentiments of the Piece throughout
are•calculated to support a rational and well-
administered Government, and to discourage
the aims of selfish ambition and the violence. of
faction. There are many passages of high poetical
beauty, some expressed with most impressive
-vigour, and others with interesting and effecting
delicacy. Several of the situations excite, a strong
interest and an anxious concern for the fate of the
chief characters. • The plot is regularly matured,
though perhaps the dialogue in some instances
may he rather too much extended, except indeed
that it iS intended to devolope the characters. The
language is correct,auimated,and sometimes reach-
ing to poetical elevation, not as the laboured effu-
sions of imagination, but as bursting from the vivid
feelings of the characters at the moment. 'Vim.
public have really lost what was likely to
prove a very interesting dramatic representa-
tion. But though we own that the pen of the
Licenser has been too freely exercised, we cannot
but think that Mr. Szsee has been too hasty in
not submitting to his remarks, as it would still
have been in his power to present the whole to the
public, as he has done, much to the gratification of
Al the friends of conspicuous genius amid exem-
plary private worth. Welieartily approve of the
erazure of all passages in which the name of the
Deity occurs, however supported by dramatic
precedent, as it is too awful and sacred a
name for the Stage. lie has quoted', as some
palliation, its retention in the play of Hamlet;
but a more accurate knowledge of the state of
the early impressions of the plays of SII A TES.•
PRA RE RA others would have shears Air.
:Nita: that, in compliance with the statute, the
general text of our great Po'et and his Coetem-;
poraries had been greatly purified, and the less
offensive term Heaven substituted for the most
sacred appellation. In our notice of this
Tragedy, we have felt great difficulty as
we have the pleasure of having been long intimate
-with the Author and the Licenser, or rather, the
Examiner, of dramatic compositions, but it has
.been•our anxious wish to do justice to both par-
ties. Mr. SHEEN poetical works area charac-
terized by an ardent zeal for popular freedom,
test at the same time have also been strongly
marked with loyalty, and a due reverence for
well-regulated and well-administered authority.
On the other hand, the dramatic productions of
alr..CoestAN, independently of their intrinsic
ems, manifest the same principles and feelings.
The Tragedy of A/usco rill certainly, in no
slight degree, add to the literary reputation of
the author,• while his animated Preface will also
. powerfully testify his manly and liberal character
in public and in private life. In reference to time
latter view of; the author's character, we cannot
deny ourselves the• pleasure of extracting the
following passage from the Preface, as we know
it to be a just, tribute to the Lady to whom it
applies, and is therefore an interesting, highly
ratifyin4, and, perhaps, an extraordinary, in
stance of domestic happiness :—" ilmantha (the
.heroine of the piece), who may be said to be the
only female character in the play, I leave to
speak in her own- defence.—l owe too much of
the little felicity which the cares -of life hare
allotted to me to the influence of that amiable
portiOn of our species to which s':e belongs, not
to nave been ardently solicitous to show my gra-
titude in thii well-intended, bet weak and inade-
quate sketch of their virtues."—We ought not to
conclude without inserting the following passage
as a striking proof of the loyalty of the Author.
So afar am I from believing that my pro-
Auction contains a single expression inconsist-
ent with the just respect which is due to the hap-
piest system of civil policy, of which, perhaps, the.
history of Civilized Man affords us any example,
ihat were I, iu My humble station, aethorized
to approach the Throne, I should", without hesi-
tatien, lay A LASCO at the feet of my Sovereign,
-as a testimony of my reverence for the miid
way of a constitutional King, and as a tribute
of my gratitude for the generous interest which
his Majesty has never failed to take in the peace,
the union, and the prosperity of my native

country."

.DUEL.—A Gentleman of the name of M EADOWi,
received a shot in the hip or. Saturday, in a meeting with a
Captain B—N, on Twicxenham-commen. The dispute origi-
nated at the liestOn Coursing Match on Friday, respecting a
dog. The ball was extracted at Richmond, and Mr. M. is out
of danger.
The late Sir THOMAS MAITLAND'S Will was
proved in the Prerogative Court in Doctors'Coi.n-
mons on the 38th inst. by the Right Hon.JAMES,
Earl of LAUDERDALE, the brother, one of the
e;:peutors, the Right. Um). Lord Viscount MAIT-
LAND, and the Hon. ANTHONY MAITLAND, the
uephewr, the other executors, not. having at pre-
&e:iit undertaken the trust. The personals within
the province of Canterbury are sworn under
30,0001. Five thonsand pounds are bequeat`ied
t•+ the testator's sister, Lady JANE HOUSTON, and
five thousand pounds to the children of Colonel
EDWARDS ; with the exception of these two sums,
every thing is left to the Earl of LAUDERDALE,
the -Residuary Legatee. The will is dated ith
of August, 1823.

M. Mechin—l have the honour of observing to you, that
General Fey has deposited his certificates at the Bth bureau,
and that M. the Reporter has had an opportunity of perusing
them. I insist, therefore, on the iannediate admission of Gen.
Foy.
The right side opposes the proposition by continued mur-
murs, and cries of " No, no, the adjournment."
M. de Girardin ascends the tribune. Ido not see, says he,
why we should adjourn the admission of Gen. Foy ; the do.
cuments which prove his age, and the amount of his contribu-
tions, are at the Bth bureau ; I request, therefore, that M. the
Reporter may peruse them, and report upon them imme-
diately.—(Murmurs.)
M. the Reporter declares, that he has looked over the certifi-
cates of General Foy, but that there exists an omission which
the law reprobates. General Foy pays the quit-rent required
to rend T him eligible, but he has not proved that he has paid
for the last year, the contributions required by the Charter. He
has obviated partly this omission, but he has not yet proved that
he has paid for the last year the personal tax which completes
the sum required to validate his election. Nevertheless, the first
bureau has not requested its Reporter to propose to the !louse
any conclusions on the subject. It has left the care of it to the
Bth bureau,
,which is entrusted with the verification of the elec-
tions of the tkpartment of the Seine.
M. Girardin—You are aware now of the motive on which
they pretend to found the adjournment of General Foy. Ido
not see why this motive should delay your decision • you must
decide on the elections of the department of the Aisne, and I
oppose the adjournment.
}ram the right, cries for a division. " The admission."
The House, after some further discussion of trifling interest
on the question, pronounces the adjournment unanimously,
with the exception of a few Members of the left.
the Reporter of the sth bureau proposes the admission of
31. Bergevin, elected by the department of Finisterre.
M. 3lechin asks to be heard—Gentlemen, says he, M. Ber-
gevin was opposed to Mr. Keratry, and carried his election only
by one voice; therefore, if only one elector has illegally intro-
duced himself into the Electoral College, it is not the ministe-
rial candidate who has obtained the majority required by the
law, but M. Keratry who has been duly elected Deputy. (Mur-
murs on the right side)
M. Mechin, to the interrupters—l do not pretend to say that
he is unquestionably elected. It will be the case, if my sup-
position is well grounded. What will you say, Gentlemen, if I
lay on the table the proof that more than twentyiindividuals have
voted without having the qualification required by the law. I
could enter into more details were I not afraid of trespassing
upon your time, and for which I refer you to the documents I
have mentioned. The House orders the election of Al. Berge-
vin to be re-examined, and M. Mechin lays on the table of the
President the documents relating to this election. With respect
to the election of Al. de Quisonnas, M. the Reporter informs
the House,' that a protestation has been entered by a certain
nurober of electors, and proposes to read it.—(From the right,
" No, no.")
The Reporter announces briefly that the protestation, not con-
taining any thing capable of invalidating the election, the _bu-
reau has thought proper to proceed farther on.
M. De Girardin—(Murmurs on the right)--This protesta-
tion contains the account of a fact against the liberty of the
elections; an elector of the College which has elected At. otq
Quisonnas, not thinking that it was possible to vote secretly o
Thethe bburaenauebbroughtordered a b
and o y ;
the eloir resistedordertocenentcailn
sote;
gend'armes were called for, and the elector was empoigne.
- The protestation has two objects; the first is to denounce
the fact just mentioned, and the second to complain for not
having inscribed electors upon the list who had a right to it.
The same contrivances have been practised everywhere ; it is
very easy to create a fictitious majority by having recourse to
open force.—(Cries from the right).—lt is necessary that all
these manoeuvres be exposed.—(The cries of the right re-
double, and Al. de (iirardin quits the tribune.)
de Quisonnas is admitted.
The sitting is raised at half-past five. Tomorrow, meeting
in the bureaux at eleven o'clock ; public sitting at one o'clock
for the verification of the certificates.

[From the Etuile of Saturday.]
PARIS, Mancir 26.—A telegraphic dispatch from Lyon an-
nounces that the Duchess of Lucca died at Rome on the 13th,
at five o'clock. She was born July 6, 1782, and has left one
son, Charles Louis, Infant of Spain, aged 25, who married in
1820 the Princess Marie Theresa of Saxony, Princess of
Sardinia.

FRENCH FUNDS—PARIS, MARcif 26.—Five per Cents.
opened at 103 f. 10c. ; closed at 103 f. 20c. ; Neapolitan Five per
Cents. 96 in ducats, 102 in francs.—Rentes d'Esp. 24-It:x.
change on London, one month, 25f. 59c. ; Ditto, three months,
251. 35c.—( CoursAuthentique, March 26.)