The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-04 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.

The Earl and Countess of Strathmore, at the Hyde Park
Hotel. from their seat in Hertfordshire ; Captain Crossley. at
ditto, from India ; Mr. and Lady Ann Gregory, at Warren's
Hotel, Regent street, from Ireland= Captain' and Mrs. Los-
sack, at Blake's Hotel, Jennyn-street, from Essex ; Captain
and Mrs. Butt, and Family, at ditto, from a tour ; Sit C. Sax-
ton, Bart. at ditto, from Berks.
CHANGES.—The Marquis of Titchtield„ from town, for the
North ; 3larchionness of Cornwallis, for Scarborough ; Count
Lieven, -for Brighton ; Major and Mrs. Dodd, from their house,
York-buildings, for Kent; Lord and Lady James Hay,' from
the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, for their seat in Scotland ;
Sir John Miller, Bart. and Miss Nagle, from the Waterloo
Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Northamptonshire.

MILITARY EQUIPMENT_ FOR THE PRINCE OF

PORTUGAL.
The Chevalier FREDERIC ANDRIEU takes out with him,
this day, for Lisbon, some exquisite specimens of workmanship,
executed by our ingenious artists. They consist of Hussar ap-
pointments for Prince Michael.
First—the Shabracque is the most finished specimen ever
seen : the embroidery redly matchless. The crown of Bra-
ganza is in the centre, having at its base ornaments comosed
of rubies, emeralds, and pearls. The initials "D. M." are
richly emblazoned in gold at the four angles.
Second—the Bridle (which exceeds in splendour the cele-
brated Imperial one) is fully decorated with ' the Star of the
Order of the Tower and the Sword ; it is of gold, surmounted
by crowns of silver.
Third—the Rose-buckles are of gold, beautifully chased.
Fourth—the Stimips, are handsomely gilt, and ornamented
with a profusion of shells.
In short, such taste and elegance have been displayed as
will, no doubt, excite universal admiration in that country.

BOMBAY HIGHLAND SOCIETY.
(From the Bombay Courier Valfarch 29, 11123.)
Bostuatr, MARC'S 21. —At a Meeting of the Highland So
ciety, held this day, the following Gentlemen were unanimous-
ly elected Members of the Society r—Bazett Doveton, Esq.;
George Smytton, Esq. surgeon ; Wm. Cunningham Bruce,
Esq.; George Forbes, Esq.; Wm. Gordon, Fisq.; Robert Keith
Arbuthnot, Esq.
We announced in our last, that a Dinner had been given by
the Highland Society on the evening of the 21st ; but too late
for us to notice it at length in our paper of the following
morning.
On occasions like this, the pleasure does not lie in the excel-
lence of the dinner or the fineness of the wines, the number of
the party, or the eloquence displayed by the speakers which
compose it. No ! there is a calm feeling of satisfaction which
brooks not the interruption of common place oratory or of
boisterous mirth, and which scarcely dwells on what is passing
at the moment. The recollections and attachments of our
early wears are brought before us, in the language and dress of
those around the board. They remind us of the scenes and of
the friends who are far distant, and bring with them a throb of
pleasnre which is known only to those who cherish the re-
membrance of their native land.
These are the feelings which throw an irresistible charm over
national associations in this country.
The party assembled at Lowjee Castle on this occasion,
amounted to about eighty ' • the Members of the Society were
all distinguished by some badge or ornament peculiar to the
Highlands; a few wore the tartan dress, and one Member of
the Society (Mr. Macleod) appeared in full costume, with the
kilt and spleuchan.
Justice having been done to an excellent dinner, excellent
even in the absence of " the great Chieftain of the pudding
race"—the cloth was removed, and gave place to an honoured
substitute, the magnificent punch-bowl. Never, we will ven-
ture to say, did the immortal Burns fan his poetic fire in better
tree *an was dealt round by the worthy Secretary, who did the
honours of the bowl.
After the usual constitutional toasts, " The Highland So-
cieties of London and Edinburgh," and " The Bombay Branch
of the Highland Society," were successively drank, " the Me-
mory of Sir Ralph Abercrombie and of the heroes who so nobly
fought and fell with him on this memorable day"—drank in
solemn silence. " The Governor-General and Presidencies of
India"—" Sir E. Paget and the Army in India"—" Commo-
dore Grant and the Squadron in India"—were given, and re-
ceived with applause.—" The immortal Memory of' Wallace
and Bruce"—drank in silence......" The Land of Cakes"—
" Chieftains and Clans"—" Absent Members."
Our northern brethren being more faMous flir the willing
hand and heart than the ready tongue, had -previously arranged
that no healths of those resent should be drank; but the song
was hot forgotten.—" Scots wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled."—
" The Death of Abercrombie."—" Donald M'Donald."—
" The Kail Brose of auld Scotland," and many others, were
sung in excellent style, and added not a little to the hilarity of
the evening.
The
_party. separated at " some wee short hour ayont the
twal," in as joyous a mood as good Whiskey, good snuff, and
good company could make them.

BRIGHTON, SEPT. 2.—The Duke of York remains at the
Palace. His Royal Highness visited the Count and Countess
Lieven, at the Royal YOrk Hotel, both yesterday and to-day.
The Count returned on Saturday evening.—The Commander
in Chief, accompanied by Lord Alvanley and Colonel Cooke,
joined tine promenaders on the Steyne yesterday. His Royal
Highness, often unattended, has been much in public to-day.
The Earl of Uxbridge and Lady Tullantore were at the York
Hotel, on Sunday, but returned to Worthing in the evening.
The Duchess of Bedford arrived at the York Hotel, last night
Her Grace has been looking at various of our best mansions to-day ;
her object, it seems, is to engage one for the Du ke and family for the
autumn. Lord Arden, who is arrived at the York Hotel, Lieut.-
Colonel Saville, and Lieutenant-General Sir W. Cockburn,
paid their respects to the Commander-in-Chief, by leaving
their names at the Pavilion this morning.—The Lord Bishop of
Dromore, Mr. Saurin, the Dowager Lady Rodney, and Mr.
and Mrs. Vines, are arrived ; the three -land on the Grand
Parade.—The enclosed lawn of the Steyne, for the first time
since the plough destroyed its former verdant surface was
opened for the fashionable prominade on sunday.
The Band It was eloe-
gantlY and numerously covered by pedestrians. f
the 7th Hussars diffused their melodies from t
he York Hotel
Gardens. The Earl of Uxbridge,Lady Tullamore, Count
and Countess Lievien, Lord Alvanley, and others of Nobility,
overlooked the assemblage from the several balconies of the
York Hotel windows. The scene was indescribably cheerful
and replete with interest.
Mr. Angerstein's beautiful grounds and gardens, on the ex-
tremity of Blackheath, are now in the greatest perfection.—
The exotic shrubs and plants, some of them of the greatest
rarity in this country, are all flourishing and healthy. In the
centre of the large greenhouse, which is more elevated than
any other in the neighbourhood of London, stands a magn
cent and lofty pine, from Van Dien Land, for Which the
late proprietor was offered 1,000 guineas, a few years before his
death.

ANECDOTE.--11l CLAUDE'S reply to AnsAun)
the French Papist, we are told, that it was the hu-
mour of the Prince of CoNnE to have a Man of
Wood on horseback, dressed like a Field Officer,
with a lifted broad sword in its hand, which
figure was fastened in the great saddle, and the
horse it was on always kept by the great CONDE'S
side when he travelled or engaged in the bloody
field. Fearless the Man of Wood appeared in
many a well fought battle ; but as they pursued
the enemy one afternoon through a forest, in
riding hard, a bough knocked off the wooden
warrior's bead, yet still he galloped on after fly-
ing foes, to the amazement and terror of the elle.
my, who saw.a hero pursuing Without a head.—
CL.,ton e applies this image to Popery.
ANDREW ItYDING.—An account has by some
means got into the London papers, stating that this individual
had been removed from the Castle to the Lunatic Asylum at
Lancaster. We can assure the public there is no truth in this
statement. He still remains in the Castle; and is not likely to
be soon removed t? a less secure place of detention. Although
on the i;round of insanity, his derange-
acquitted by the. PtrY
• meat is not CODSldered of. such a nature as to preclude the tear
of an attempt to escape, if a favourable opportunity should offer
itself.—(Presto Chromic.)

PO£TR

• TO THE HARVEST MOON:
Moon of Harvest, I do love
O'er the uplands now to rove,
While thy modest ray serene •
Gilds the wild surrounding scene;
• And to watch thee riding high
In the blue vault of the sky,
Where no thin vapour intercepts thy ray,
But in unclouded majesty thou walkest on thy way:
Pleasing 'tis, oh, modest Moon !
Now the night is at her noon, •
Neath thy sway to musing lie,
While around thee zephyrs sigh,
Fanning soft the sun-tann'd wheat, •
Ripcn'd by the summer's lint, -
Picturing all the rustic's joy,
• When boundless plenty greets his eye.
And thinking soon,
Oh modest Noon !
How many a female eye will roam
Along the road,
To see the load,
The last dear load of harvest home.
Storms and tempests, floods and rains,
Stern despoilers of the plains,
Bence away, the season flee, . •
-Foes to light-heart jollity;
May no winds careering high,
Drive the clouds along the sky ;
girt may all nature smile with aspect boo,
When in the heavens thou ahoweat thy face; oh Bah/dist
Moon !

'Heath yon lowly roof he lies,
The Husbandman, with sleep sealed eyes:
Ile dreams of crowded barns, and round
The yard he hears the flail resound !
Oh ! may no hurricane destroy
His visionary views of joy :
God of the winds ! oh, hear his humble prayer,
And while the Moon of Harvest shines, thy blitstiring
whirlwinds spare. KIRK
WESTMINSTER. PALACE,

Title various improvements which are proceed-
ing rapidly in the Palace of Westminster, will contribute very
much to the splendour of the ensuing opening of' Parliament
by his Majesty. The new Royal entrance, and grand staircase
f Scala Rcgia), have been completed some time. The Prince's
Chamber, the Old House of Lords, with the Lord Great Cham-
berlain's Office, and apartments arc being razed to the ground.
The workmen have experienced great labour in pulling down
the old walls as the materials are so firmly cemented together.
The Old House of herds, and Prince's Chamber, with the
cellers underneath are the same as when Guy Fawkes was
going to blow up the Parliament House, and all the Nobles
of the land, in James the First's time. On the site of these'
will be built Committee Rooms for the use of the Lords,
which the Great Chamberlain will' occupy at the opening of
Parliament, pro temporc, till a house is built in Cotten-
gardens, forming a terrace facing the River Thamen,suitable
to the dignity and high rank of his official duties. The prin-
cipal apartments will be furnished in Royal splendour for
the reception of his Majesty, who never had any rooms
to retire in, except the Robing-room, and other apartments
which he passes through, which are always filled with com-
pany to witness the Royal procession. The. King being
from the moment he enters the Palace in the custody of the
Great Chamberlain, who is answerable for his person should
any thing happen. The whole of these improvements are from
the designs and under the superintendence of Mr. Soane, to
whose taste and judgment they have been intrusted ; but what-
ever Mr. Soane or any other architect may do for this Palace,
the whole of it will appear as a mass of incongruous architec-
ture, which was began by Mr. Wyatt and added to so often
since, that the erect of the exterior is completely spoilt; the
best way, and probably the cheapest, would have been to
pull the whole down, and erect a Parliament House suitable to
the high station which Great Britain holds in the affitirs of the
world.
The new Courts of Law adjoining Westminster Hall are
proceeding very rapidly. In point of convenience and elegance
they will be unequalled. They will have entrances from Pa-
lace-yard and Westminster Hall, by a passage which runs
alongside Westminster Hall from Old to New Palace-yard.
We understand that the office of the Board of Trade and the
Privy Council, which adjoins the Home Department in White.
hall, will be pulled down, and larger and more capacious pre-
mises erected in their stead.
On the ground where Richmond House stood, the corner of
Parliament-street, eight houses of the first iste are erected,
built of brick, with handsome stone pillars, and a balustrade
running along the top. This row of houses looks down White-
hall topards Charing-cross, and commands a view of the
Thames back and front.
The new Union Club House, In the King's Mews, will be
ready for the reception of the Members in the ensuing Spring.
The new University Club will be ready about the same time.
The College of Physicians is in a state of forwardness. The
new street, called Pall-mall East, will not be finished for some
time, as the new Royal Stables in Pimlico must be completed
before they can build on the ground in the King's Mews. All
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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WARWICK RACES, TvEsDAY, SEPT. 2, 1023.
His Majesty's Plate of One Hundred Guineas—Four-mile
heats.
Marquis of Exeter's b. h. Ilolbein, 4 yrs, lOst. 41b. 1 1
Mr. biolony's b. m. Fuss, 6 yes, 12st. - . 3 2
Mr. Clifton's b. h. Lytham, 4 yrs, lOst. 41b. . 2 3
Mr. Pickernell's b. M. Clausina, 5 yrs, 1 Ist. 61b. - dr
'rite Guy Stakes of 50gs each, 11. rt. for 3 yr-olds, 16 Sub-
scribers—One mile.
'
IA Warwick's b. c. Cardinal Pull, Bat. 41b.
Ld Grosvenor's ch. c. Adroit, Bat. 31b. . •
Four not placed, nine drawn.
A Sweepstakes of bOgs each, h. ft.—One mile.
• .
Mr. Jones's Champion, 4 yrs, flat. 61b. - i
Mr. Mytton's Sir VlTilliarn, 4 yes, Bat. 31b. - • 2
Colonel Yates's Delusion, fist. 71b. . - A dr
The St. Leger Stakes of 25gs. each, 10gs ft. for 3 yr olds.—
The St. Leger Course—about a two-mile heat.
Ld Grosvenor's ch. r. Adroit, fist. blb. - 1
Mr. Nayler's b. c. Triumph, fist. bib. - . A 2
Mr. Bardsworth's b. c. Birmingham, fist. blb. - . 3
Mr. Sadler's b. c. Triumph, Bat. bib. - . dr
A Hunter's Sweepstakes of 10 guineas each-2 mile heats.
Mr. Platers b. g. Thurlby, aged, l Ist. 121 b. - 3 1 1
lion. C. Percy 's ch. g. Deputy, 5 yrs, list. 41b. 12 2
Ld. Plymouth's b. m. Clausina, 5 yrs, llst. 41b. 43 dr
Mr. Whitehead's b.g. Young Sir Peter, yrs, 11 st.l2lb. 2 4 dr
Two other's drawn.
A Sweeepstakes of 5 gs. each, with 60/. added-2 mile heats.
Mr. Itlytton's b. f. Ostrich, 8 yrs, 7st. 101 b. - 1 1
Mr. Stevens's b. c. Bertram, 3 yrs, list. - - 3 2
Mr. Day'f ch: C. Melampus, 3 yrs, 7st. 121 b. - 2dr
In the first heat Bertram run on the wrong side the post, but
returned to his ground and ran in third.
Lord Barley, Colonel Yates, Mr. Nayler, Mr. Sadler, and
Mr. Whitesides were subscribers, but did not name.

. 2

CRICKET.
Yesterday a Match was played in the London Field, by the
Gentlemen of the Hackney Club. The fineness of the day col-
lected a great concourse of people, among whom were a numer-
ous assemblage of elegantly dressed females. The following
47 ; 2d innings, 58.
not hurtto the brains ?
w"
Ist innings,titetitate of the game :—lst innings, 21 ;2d innings, 54.
. --„,, --- ---
A HINT TO SNUFF-TAlwomanS.A. woman asked
a‘‘docotro,ir.
"Hatwil:i,edtitl'elre Dtaocicitongr,""
takeuffror hewas that has afro ul
brains will not
A late Chief Justice of the Superior Court,
having not unfrequently made use of the words " this here,"
and " that there," for the simples this and that, a wag at
Dover published,' the Session of the Court at that place,
the following epitaph :--
" Here lies the body of Ichabod Hare,
Who's left this here world, and gone to that there."
An Irish schoolmaster, on heing asked what
was meant by" two twentitica-
tions make a fortification.
It was erroneously stated in a contemporary
Print, yesterday morning, that our celebrated
characters,'
the word filtification, replied,
countryman, Tnot4o Aloottc, bad left town
14 ot
to Lord CLoticuutty, at" Y ls• The fact, upon a visit, witwhhootrit::etiliasitlidnglnuniysh,eadt
how-
ever, is not so. We
the present
regret to learn that the Poet
and Patriot, of
day, be most proud, has taken his departure for
England, in compauY with his Noble Friend the
Marquess of LAssonws. -- (Dublin Morning
Yost).