The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-06 00:00:00

PLACES OF FASHIONAnLE RESORT.

Bnioirrox, Nov. 4.—As yet we have no change to notice
at the Palace. The Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady
Holland arrived at the Royal York Hotel last night. The
Duke and Duchess of Bedford are expected to be hear this
evening. Lord and Lady Holland will remove in a day or two
to. the mansion engaged for them on the Steyne. The Duke
of Devonshire, during his stay, purposes remaining at the Royal
York Hotel. Loid and Lady Thurlow arrived at the New
Steyne Hotel this evening. The Earl of Jersey, for a short ab-
scenee, has left Regency.square, for Newmarket. The Duke
of Richmond is gone to Newmarket. Lord and Lady F.
Conyngham are on a visit to her (race, at Goodwood. Lord
Edward and Lord George Somerset left the Royal York Hotelto town, yesterday. Lord lining is arrived at the Old Ship;
Sir C. and Lady Conte, in Marlborough-place ; Lady Keith
in Prince's-street ; and Sir William and Lady Gomm, on the
King's-road. The Dowager Marchioness of Lansdown, with
the Misses Giffind, on a visit to her amiable laugher, Mrs.
Mellish, is expected to be in Regency-square, this evening.—
Lady Hyde Parker has a house engaged on the Grand Parade,
at which her Ladyship is expected to take possession on Friday
or Saturday. Lady A. Sparrow is arrived. Major and Mrs.
Hawker are in the Departure List.
BATH.—Arrived since our last, Count Woronzow, Countess
of Dehester, Countess of NVinterton, Lord and Lady Montague,
Lord JOllll Thynne, M.P., Lord Henry Thynne, Lord South-
well, Lord James O'Brien, lion. Mrs. Butler' lion. Mrs.
Strangeways, Hon. and Rev. A. Tumour, Sir J. P. and Lady
Acland, Sir Christopher and Lady Mary Cole, Gen. Sir Wm.
and Lady Cockburn, Sir Geo. Griffiths, Sir James and Lady
Gordon, Sir Walter and Lady James, Sir J. C. Ilippisley, Sir
J. Trevelyan, Lady Burdett, Lady Lambert, Lally Pegge
Dr. and Mrs. Shoolbred, Dr. Kidston, Dr. Lushington, Dr.
Myers, Dr. Sigmond—Col. and Mrs. Burgoyne, Col. and Mrs.
Dickenson, Col. and Mrs. Palmer, Col. Allen, (Jul. A'Conrt,
Col. Brown, Col. Muttlebury, Col. Nichol, Lieut.-Col. and
Mrs. Kaye, Capt. A'Court, Capt. Freeman, ('apt. Hodgson,
Capt. Ross, Capt. Smith—lieu. Mr. and Mrs. Coxe, Rev.
Mr. and Mrs. French, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins, Rev. Mr.
and Mrs. M. Stall-Ind Smith, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Trench, Rev.
Mr. and Mrs. Wickham, Rev. Mr. Arthy, Rev. Mt. )Meter.

MRS. MAILDYN.—This beautiful woman and
popular actress has recently returned to her na-
tive country, after a voluntary seclusion of four
years upon the Continent, during which she has
visited various parts of Germany, Italy, Stc. &C.
devoting herself to the study of their languages,
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cided and unequivocal a manner, that this most
inveterate malignity no longer can venture a re-
flection. The slanderous rumour which so how
and cruelly coupled her name with that of Lord
BYRON, was, in its origin, a misapprehen-
sion wholly inexplicable. It now is proved
that his Lordship never met Mrs. MAR..
DYN out of the Green-room of Drury-lane
Theatre, and even there scarcely ever noticed
her beyond the mere compliment of a passing
bow. Nevertheless, utterly unfounded as that
rumour actually was, at one time, it obtained so
general a credit, that both the reputation and the
feelings of its innocent victim were outraged by
it to the direst extreme. Mrs. MARDYN, upon
her retirement from the stage, had realised out of
the profits of her brief but brilliant theatrical
career, a genteel independence. She has no in-
tention of accepting any new engagement.—
(Morning Post.)
ANECDOTE OF Da. JouNsot4.--When Dr.
Johnson was on his tour to the Hebrides, he dined at the house
of George Gordon Esq., of Gordon Bank, near Kelso, in corn.
pang with Lord kaimes and other Gentlemen. In the even.
ing, when tea and coffee were introduced, Miss Gordon, Mr
Gordon's daughter, directed the servant to hand the Doctor
some tea-cakes peculiar to Scotland, called girdle or Scone
cakes. Dr. Johnson pushed the man's hand back, signifying
that he would not taste them. The young lady, who had su-
perintended their making, feeling a little disappointed, deter-
mined to try her efforts on the Doctor, presented them herself,
observing they were made purposely for him. The Doctor
looked goodnaturedly at Miss Gordon, (who had been silent
the whole time of dinner,) and said, taking the cakes. " have
you a tongue ? 1 have not heard you speak this day." The
young lac!), instantly replied, " My henefi
,t,, Sir, has been in
hearing.' The Doctor instantly replied, I have not heard
so good a thing said this day.' And this in the company of
the author of The Elements of Criticism.
We are concerned to hear his Excellency the
LORD-LIEUTENANT of Ireland is confined to his
apartments at the Vice-Regal Lodge, in conse-
quence of a severe cold.---(Dublin Evening
Post.)

POETRY.

LORD BYRON'S LATEST VERSES.
Missolunghi, Jan. 22, 1824.
" On this day I compkte my thirty-sixth year."

'Tis time this heart should be unmoved,
Since others it has ceased to move;
Yet, though I cannot be beloved,
Still let me love.
My days arc in the yellow leaf,
The flowers and fruits of love are gone,
The worm, the canker, and the grief,
Are mine alone.
The fire that in my bosom preys
Is like to some volcanic isle,
No torch is kindled at its blaze :
A funeral pile.
The hope, the fears, the jealous care,
Th' exalted portion of the pain,
And power of love, I cannot share,
But wear the chain.
But 'tis not here—it is not here—
Such thoughts should shake my soul ; nor now—
Where glory seals the hero's bier,

Or binds his brow.
The sword, the banner, and the field,
Glory and Greece around us see;
The Spartan borne upon his shield _

'Was not more free.
Awake ! not Greece—she is awake !
Awake, my spirit, think through whom
My life blood tastes, its parent lake—

And then strikes home !
I tread reviving passions down,
Unworthy Manhood—unto thee,
Indifferent should the smile or frown
Of beauty be.
If thou regret thy youth,—why live ?
The land of honourable death
Is here—up to the field, and give
Away thy breath!
Seek out—less often sought than found—
A col'lier's grave, for thee the best,
Then look around, and choose thy ground,
And take thy rest.

COVENT-GARDEN, SATURDAY, Nov. G.

PRICES OF VEGETABLF.S.-Potatoes from 31. to
51. per ton, or from 3s. to .ss. Gd. washed, or 2s. 6d. to ss. in
the mould, per hundred, which is about from Is. 11d. to 3s. sd.
per bushel ; cabbages for boiling from 10d. to hid., reds for
pickling from Is. Gd. to 25., large whites for pickling from 3s.
to Gs., and cauliflowers from Is. Gd. to 3s. per dozen heads ;
carrots from 3s. Gd. to 4s. turnips from Is. to 25., coleworts
or greens from Is. W. to 2s. Put., and leeks from Is. to Is. (kl.,
per dozen bunches; brocoli from Is. to Is. 6d., horse-radish
from 2s. to 45.; and celery from Bd. to Is., the bundle; onions
from Is. Gd. to 35., and sundry common plums from 4s. 6(1. to
9s, the half sieve, about a third of a bushel ; apples from ss.
(these were Jersey) to 20s. per bushel; rears from 7s. to Hs.,
damsons from Cs. to 125., and walnuts in their outside shell
front 9s. 6d. to 15s. the half bushel basket ; lemons from 31. to
51. the chest ; sound old oranges from 2s. to 4s. per dozen ;
naked walnuts from 2s. to 4s. per hundred. The supply of
vegetables and English fruit was moderate-That Of I. rench
and Jersey fruit great.-There were but few plums of any
kind in the market. The trade was dull.

PRESENTATION OF THE NEW RECTOR OF ST. PETER'S,
CO a st II t Li..—Vesterday the deputation appointed by the Court
of the Common Council, consisting of Mr. Deputy Routh, Mr.
Deputy Ken), Mr. Deputy Pullen, Mr. Yallowley, Mr. Brog.
den, Mr. Joliet', Mr. Gates, and Mr. Saunders, waited upon
the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London, in St. James's-
' square, attended by Mr. Alderman Wood and the City Re.
membrancer, to present to his Lordship the Rev. John Page
Wood (the Alderman's son), who was elected at the last Court
of Common Council to the situation of Rector of St. Peter's,
Cornhill. Ilis Lordship received them with the utmost polite-
ness and attention, expressing his full concurrence and satis-
faction at the choice the Court had made. On their return,
Mr. Brogdon, one of the Common Councilmen of Alderman
Wood's ward, entertained the deputation with an elegant and
sumptuous dinner at his house in Bridgewater-square. The
new Hector will preach at St. Peter's church to-morrow.
IL. C. DALLas, Est2.—On the '2lst ult. died
at Havre, in the 70th year of his age, It. C. DALLAS, Esq. He
bad acquired a respectable, if not a distinguished rank as a man
of letters. The History of the Maroon War, which appeared
about the year 1707, was much esteemed for the simplicity of
its narration and authenticity of its details. He was also
the author of " Aubrey," " Percival," and other Novels,
which, if not the first in that branch of composition, arc en-
titled to considerable praise—praise, indeed, not always due
to the first—that of softening, without corrupting the heart.
The "Memoirs of Louis XVI. and his Family," from the
MS. of M. Bertrand de Aloleville, ci-levant Minister to
that unfortunate Monarch ; and the "Annals of the French
Revolution," by the same author, were translated by Mr.
Dallas, with a fidelity to the originals commensurate with the
importance of the subjects : and M. Mallet du Pan was also
indebted to this Gentleman for putting an English dress to the
" British Mercury," which made so much noise during the early
part of the French Revolution. The " Life of Elphinstonc'
did as much honour to his heart, as the feeling eloquence with
whirls he detailed the benevolent eccentricities of this hero, was
the theme of praise to all who knew his respected preceptor.—
He was also the Author of many Fugitive Pieces some of which
bear his name. He was a reli:.;ions and just man ; cheerful and
intelligent in conversation; and in private and domestic inter-
course pleasintg and unafil!eted_a good father, and an excellent
husband ; and his memory will long be endeared to his
family and an extensive circle of attached friends. his remains
were followed to the grave by the British Consul, and nearly
all the respectable English inhabitants of the place, anxious to
pay the last tribute oh respect to departed worth.
Du PR EV ENTED.—This morning Captain
A. It —N, accompanied by a friend, repaired
to Kensington, for the purpose of meeting
M —c— a, Esq. to decide, itt the usual honourable
way, a dispute which we believe arose at a cer-
tain building in the vicinity of St. James's-street,
on Thursday night, or rather early, on Friday
morning. Tito dispute was said tohave arisen over
a game at Rouge et Noir, but the more feasible
conjecture was, that the little urchin Cupid had
beet' playing oil his pranks on the hearts of the
valiant heroes. A previous notice of their inten-
tion having been given, on their arrival on the
ground they found they had no occasion to draw
their arms, unless they first laid two peace-mak-
ing personages hors dc combat. In this dilemma
they wi,:ltdrew apparently for the purpose of car-
rying into effect their intention, but fiutling the
officers were determined to follow, they separated,
and thus the matter, for the present, ended.
In the matter of Mr. L.tTu.tM's bankruptcy,
the Loan CHANCELLOR threw out a remark,
which could not but strike the hearers as applica-
ble to the case of Mr. FAUNTLEROY and his part-
tier's, as represented in the defence of that un-
happy man. " If a case is made out before
me," said his Lordship, " in which it appears
that one partner in a firm commits frauds to a
large extent, by which the other partners are be-
nefitted, and with which they ought to be ac-
quainted, shall I be called upon to allow the
certificate of such persons, even though all their
creditors should have signed I—l say I never
will."—(Morning Chronicle.)
ing of English politics, and the approach of the Princess from
WICK FORT, in a letter, written in Latin,
England to Ilolland, in order to espouse William the
Stadholder, (William III.) observes, " But this event de-
pends on three of the most uncertain things: In nature, viz--
A woman's will, the wind, and the English Parliament."
treat.
Curran's ruling passion was his joke. In his
last illness, his physician observing in the morn•
ing, that he seemed to cough
ty, lie answered, " that is rather surprising, as I
w some ditficul-
have been practising all night," with