The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-26 00:00:00

lIIS MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IRELAND.

CROWNING THE COLUMN AT KINGSTOWN.
DuBLIN, JULY 22.—Saturday being. the Anni-
versary of the Coronation of his Majesty GEORGE IV., the
Granite Column, lately erected at Kingstown Harbour, to com-
memorate his MAJESTY'S Visit to this country, was crowned in
the presence of an immense assemblage of rank and fashion, and
of all pe,rsons.—All the vessels in the harbour were dressed, in-
cluding the Active frigate, the William and Mary yacht, the
Shamrock, the St. George steam-packet, and many others. At
one o'clock a Royal salute was fired from the shipping (with their
ya! ds manned), which was answered by the neighbouring forts.
Shortly after wards Lord Com bermere(Comm and er of the Forces),
with his Lady, and many Officers of distinction arrived, and
were conducted to an awning prepared for the occasion, where
they were received by a party of the 23d Welch Fusileers,
Admiral Lord Colville, Captain King, Captain Malcolm,
and a great number of Naval and Military officers. At two
o'clock the masons commenced raising the crown to its destin-
ation, where it was placed in about thirty-five minutes. The
Royal Standard was then hoisted to the top of the column as a
signal for the shipping, which was followed by another grand
salute of artillery. The Band on board the Viceregal yacht
played the National Anthem, and the spectators cheered with
animation. The top of the scaffolding was decorated at each
corner with streamers, adorned by the Rose, Shamrock, and
Thistle ; the whole was surmounted by the Union Standard.
The crown is generally allowed to be as fine a specimen of
Granite Sculpture as ever was witnessed in this country. On
the south side of the column the following inscription runs from
top to bottom :
Erected to Perpetuate the Recollection of
THE KING'S VISIT
. _

To this Part of His Dominions,
And that on the 3d of September, 1021, His Majesty did in
Person name this Asylum Hirbour
" THE ROYAL HARBOUR OF GEORGE w.,"

And Embarked from hence on that Day.
Lord Colville, the Adniiral of the Station, accompanied by
Lady Colville, has been for some time on a cruise round the
Island in the Active; and understanding that the ceremony of
erecting the crown was to take place on Saturday, his Lord-
ship consented to remain, and to assist by his presencet and
the display of his ship at the ceremonial. We understand that
it was his Lordship's intention to have increased the effeet of
the scene, by manning the yards of the ship, as also of perform-
ing some naval evolutions, and that his Lordship had issued
orders for that purpose; but that owing to some mistake his
directions arrived too late.

Among those present at the Duke of YORK'S
numerous Levee on Tuesday, were General Garth, General
the Earl of Rosslyn, Lieut.-General Wood, Lieut.. General
Maitland, Major-General Sir Edward Barnes, Major-General
Sir C. Grant, Major-General Sir L. Otway, Major-General
nubbins, Major-General Lord Edw. Somerset, Lord Temple-
town, Lord Barnard, Rear-Admiral Sir John Gore.
NGLISII OPERA HOUSE.—The three new agl-
ditions to the theatricals of this place, viz. WAL-
LACS, W. CHAPMAN, and RA-ism, are rising
every night in public favour.
.WALLACK'S
Dashall, in the Farce of MN Aunt, is a very
amusing performance ; and !tar:sEll.'s Giles
in
The Miller's Maid is an admirable expression of
truth and-feeling. The house was crowded last
night, and the applause abundant. •
Most of our London cotemporaries have been
circulating a paragraph, stating that Marshal
SOULT and his son were some days ago at• iihrews-
bury, on their road to Ireland. As we had rea-
son to doubt the fact, we did ant copy the
paragraph. It new appears from the Constitu.
tionnel, that the Marshal and his son are at the
baths of Mont-d'Or, in the south of France.—
(Times.)
The evening Papers published in Dublin on
Saturday last, at seven o'clock, were circulating
in some of our news-rooms before ten o'clock on
Sunday morning—an instance of expedition quite
unprecedented, as they do not arrive in regular
course by mail until the morning but one after
publication.--(Liverpool Courier). ,
At a Quarterly Meeting of the Council of the
Royal College of Surgeons in London, holden by
adjournment last Tuesday, HENRY CLINE, Esq.
was elected President, and - WiLmut NOants,
Esq. and Sir LUDFORD 'HARVEY were elected
Vice-Presidents of the College, for the year en-
suing.

A Correspondent in the country writes
h as fol.
thousands stain,
the
greater
t acresiar of hay lows :—The weather has become alarmi
country,tc'" f biatyneaarerlycliniltthiorourri:ds ta!
_le state
the
of the weather has been so remarkabtyP:ilxine(ge:m4 to the
twhinienatiwtatthiirtdsisogienaearaollpy, thought there
fitensotlol7k7yleoryre
although man
tine as to burthen, yet upon examination, the
stroeanr, is little
more than half filled. Barley looks well ;I
but is thin in many parts. Oats will be a bad crop. 'Lain: to
the cold nights. Areas and Beans in general look well
which look in a growing state • also for
average crop is expected. The continued rains have'beenn Pan
vourable for the turnips,
the rouens and after-grass.—The accounts of flops throughout
the country arevery bad, and a rise in the price is daily taking
place, the duty is laid at .10,000/.—( Kcntis/a Gazette.)
A great deal of rain has fallen since our last.
Saturday, and nearly the whole of Sunday and Sunday night.
it mined almost incessantly. Yestenlay the CIO; throughout
its whole course, was considerably swollen. The weather still
continues chill and cola, and unfavourable for securing the buy
crops.--(Glasgow C'ourier.)
I'he crops in Argyllshire are, in the opinion of
many persons, about five weeks later than at this time last '
year.—(Edinburgh Star.)
WURZBURG, JULY 15.—A man, by the name
of MEZER, formerly a serjeant in the army, and
now a copyist, had formed a connection with a
young woman of this town; but as he had neither
money nor business, her mother, on her death-
bed, had made her promise to break off this con-
nection. She told her lover this, who swore
that nothing but death should separate them;
but she persisted in her resolution to keep her
word.—On the 4th, MEzEn, armed with two
pistols and a poignard, waited for her in a
street through which she was to pass, and
tired at her, but having missed her, stabbed her
twice, and then took to flight. This unfortunate
person died in two hours, declaring before her
death who was the assassin. wring his flight
the latter shot himself in the mouth, but did not
die of the wound. He endeavoured to climb over
a wall, but fell into a garden and broke his leg.
lie was carried to an hospital, where he so-
lemnly declared that he had deliberately mur-
dered the young woman, and that disappointed
love led him to commit this crime. lie still
lives, and is to be tried.
A HINT TO PETITIONERS.—III the West of
[En gland, not many years ago, an association was
formed, to prepare a petition to Parliament for
the abolition or commutation of tithes ; many
meetings were held, much discussion took place,
and a large number of persons constantly attend-
' ed, to offer advice and supply information upon
all points connected with the subject, and in sup-
port and encouragement of the petition. At
length, the confusion of the whole party, a rough
country farmer, with a Stentorian voice, begged
to ax one question. " Pray," says he, " gentle-
men, if the tithes be taken from pie Clara,
whose will they be?" and being answered, the
" then,". says be, " I had rather.
tirllttledylt°ll'Bl.l
i as they but
for I c_an manage the too
son t th e landlord will be too
son tit any time)
much for me."

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